Comprehensive global genome dynamics of Chlamydia trachomatis show ancient diversification followed by contemporary mixing and recent lineage expansion

J Hadfield, SR Harris, HMB Seth-Smith… - Genome …, 2017 - genome.cshlp.org
Chlamydia trachomatis is the world's most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection
and leading infectious cause of blindness, yet it is one of the least understood human …

United Kingdom National Guideline on the Management of Trichomonas vaginalis 2014

J Sherrard, C Ison, J Moody… - … journal of STD & …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The main objective is to assist practitioners in managing men and women diagnosed with
Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infection. This guideline offers recommendations on the …

The molecular diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum: evaluation of a real-time multiplex polymerase chain reaction test using rectal and urethral specimens

CY Chen, KH Chi, S Alexander… - Sexually transmitted …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the use of a real-time multiplex
polymerase chain reaction (M-PCR) assay to differentiate between trachoma and …

Putative Vaccine Antigens from Neisseria meningitidis Recognized by Serum Antibodies of Young Children Convalescing after Meningococcal Disease

DJ Litt, S Savino, A Beddek… - The Journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Serum samples from 31 children⩽ 4 years old who were convalescing after meningococcal
disease were used in a quantitative hybridization assay to establish antibody reactivity to 94 …

Prevalence and characteristics of gastrointestinal infections in men who have sex with men diagnosed with rectal chlamydia infection in the UK: an 'unlinked …

G Hughes, P Silalang, J Were, H Patel… - Sexually transmitted …, 2018 - sti.bmj.com
Introduction Gastrointestinal infections (GII) can cause serious ill health and morbidity.
Although primarily transmitted through faecal contamination of food or water, transmission …

Real-time PCR detection of the mg219 gene of unknown function of Mycoplasma genitalium in men with and without non-gonococcal urethritis and their female …

VJ Chalker, K Jordan, T Ali… - Journal of medical …, 2009 - microbiologyresearch.org
Real-time PCR was employed to detect a region of the Mycoplasma genitalium mg219
gene, a gene of unknown function, in clinical samples. Amplification of DNA and signal …

Vaccination with Attenuated Neisseria meningitidis Strains Protects against Challenge with Live Meningococci

Y Li, Y Sun, C Ison, MM Levine, CM Tang - Infection and immunity, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis.
Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent infection with serogroup B N. meningitidis strains …

Estimating the sexual mixing patterns in the general population from those in people acquiring gonorrhoea infection: theoretical foundation and empirical findings.

A Renton, L Whitaker, C Ison, J Wadsworth… - … of Epidemiology & …, 1995 - jech.bmj.com
STUDY OBJECTIVES--To describe mathematically the relationship between patterns of
sexual mixing in the general population and those of people with gonorrhoea infection, and …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges presented by re-emerging sexually transmitted infections in HIV positive men who have sex with men: an observational study of lymphogranuloma …

M Rönn, G Hughes, I Simms, C Ison… - Journal of AIDS & …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background United Kingdom has reported the largest documented outbreak of
lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV), a re-emerging sexually transmitted infection (STI) which …

[PDF][PDF] Sexually transmitted infections: UK national screening and testing guidelines

J Ross, C Ison, C Carder, D Lewis, D Mercey… - … : British Association for …, 2006 - Citeseer
The Bacterial Special Interest Group (BSIG) of the British Association for Sexual Health and
HIV was commissioned by the Clinical Effectiveness Group (CEG) to write screening and …