Abstract:IntroductionIn prior studies it is demonstrated that, in women, the prevalence of anorectal infections with Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is comparable to genital CT. Yet, the clinical relevance and the role in overall transmission of anorectal CT in women is still under debate. The assessment of CT viability will gain new insight in current knowledge gaps. Recently, we validated the viability-PCR (V-PCR) method to assess CT viability in genital CT positive samples. In this study, V-PCR was utilised to assess CT … Show more
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