Toward the Spread of the New L2b/D-Da Hybrid Chlamydia trachomatis Strain in Men Who Have Sex With Men in France?

Mathilde Carrer¹, Bertille de Barbeyrac^{2

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4}, Cécile Laurier-Nadalié², Cécile Bébéar^{2

3

4}, Arabella Touati², Olivia Peuchant^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Bordeaux, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bordeaux, France.
² CHU Bordeaux, Department of Bacteriology, National Reference Centre for bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections, Bordeaux, France.
³ Universitaire Bordeaux, USC EA 3671 Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, Bordeaux, France.
⁴ INRA, USC EA 3671 Mycoplasma and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, Bordeaux, France.

Comment

Mathilde Carrer et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Sep 15;73(6):1130-1131.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab253.

Mathilde Carrer¹, Bertille de Barbeyrac^{2

3

4}, Cécile Laurier-Nadalié², Cécile Bébéar^{2

3

4}, Arabella Touati², Olivia Peuchant^{2

3

4}

¹ Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Bordeaux, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bordeaux, France.
² CHU Bordeaux, Department of Bacteriology, National Reference Centre for bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections, Bordeaux, France.
³ Universitaire Bordeaux, USC EA 3671 Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, Bordeaux, France.
⁴ INRA, USC EA 3671 Mycoplasma and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, Bordeaux, France.

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