Typing of lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strains

We analyzed by multilocus sequence typing 77 lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strains from men who have sex with men in Europe and the United States. Specimens from an outbreak in 2003 in Europe were monoclonal. In contrast, several strains were in the United States in the 1980s, inclu...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2010-11, Vol.16 (11), p.1777-1779
Main Authors: Christerson, Linus, de Vries, Henry J C, de Barbeyrac, Bertille, Gaydos, Charlotte A, Henrich, Birgit, Hoffmann, Steen, Schachter, Julius, Thorvaldsen, Johannes, Vall-Mayans, Martí, Klint, Markus, Herrmann, Björn, Morré, Servaas A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial Proteins - genetics
Bacterial Proteins - metabolism
Chlamydia
Chlamydia infections
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis - genetics
Disease Outbreaks
Disease transmission
Dispatch
Europe
Europe - epidemiology
Gene Expression Regulation
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Health aspects
Hodgkin's disease
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Infection
lymphogranuloma venereum
Lymphogranuloma Venereum - epidemiology
Lymphogranuloma Venereum - microbiology
Male
MEDICIN
MEDICINE
men who have sex with men
Microbiology, immunology, infectious diseases
Mikrobiologi, immunologi, infektionssjukdomar
multilocus sequence typing
outer membrane protein A
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Summary:We analyzed by multilocus sequence typing 77 lymphogranuloma venereum Chlamydia trachomatis strains from men who have sex with men in Europe and the United States. Specimens from an outbreak in 2003 in Europe were monoclonal. In contrast, several strains were in the United States in the 1980s, including a variant from Europe.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1611.100379