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Genus specific and species specific sequences should be used. An algorithm was devised to detect firstly the Chlamydia genus and then to speciate with Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Chlamydophila psittaci specific primers.
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Branley, J., Roy, B. (2010). Chlamydophila. In: Schuller, M., Sloots, T., James, G., Halliday, C., Carter, I. (eds) PCR for Clinical Microbiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9039-3_13
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