Chlamydia trachomatis Serovars among Strains Isolated from Members of Rural Indigenous Communities and Urban Populations in Australia

We genotyped Chlamydia trachomatis strains from 45 women or men living in either a rural indigenous community or in urban heterosexual communities. We found six different C. trachomatis serovars: E (n = 22; 48.9%), F (n = 10; 22.2%), J/Ja (n = 5; 11.1%), D/Da (n = 4; 8.9%), G (n = 3; 6.7%), and K (n...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2008-01, Vol.46 (1), p.355-356
Main Authors: Bandea, Claudiu I, Debattista, Joseph, Joseph, Kahaliah, Igietseme, Joseph, Timms, Peter, Black, Carolyn M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Australia - epidemiology
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - genetics
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Chlamydia Infections - epidemiology
Chlamydia Infections - microbiology
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis - classification
Chlamydia trachomatis - isolation & purification
Chlamydiology and Rickettsiology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genotype
Humans
Male
Microbiology
Miscellaneous
Molecular Epidemiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Rural Population
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Urban Population
Urine - microbiology
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Summary:We genotyped Chlamydia trachomatis strains from 45 women or men living in either a rural indigenous community or in urban heterosexual communities. We found six different C. trachomatis serovars: E (n = 22; 48.9%), F (n = 10; 22.2%), J/Ja (n = 5; 11.1%), D/Da (n = 4; 8.9%), G (n = 3; 6.7%), and K (n = 1; 2.2%). The distribution of C. trachomatis serovars among members of the indigenous rural and the urban Australian communities appears similar to that in other Western countries.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
1098-5530
DOI:10.1128/JCM.01493-07