Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar Distribution and Neisseria gonorrhoeae
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Helen Papadogeorgakis, 1 Theodore E. Pittaras, 1, 2 Joseph Papaparaskevas, 2 4 Vassiliki Pitiriga, 2 Andreas Katsambas, 3 and Athanassios Tsakris 2* 5 6 Department of Microbiology, ‘Andreas Sygros’ Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases, Athens, 1 7 Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, 2 Department of 8 Dermatology, ‘Andreas Sygros’ Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases, Medical School, 9 University of Athens, Athens, 3 Greece 10 11 Short title: C. trachomatis serovar distribution in Greece 12 13 14 *Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University 15 of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece. Phone: + 30 210 7462011 Fax: + 30 210 7462210. E-mail: 16 [email protected] 17 18 19 20 21 22 Copyright © 2010, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.00586-10 JCM Accepts, published online ahead of print on 31 March 2010
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