Typing of Lymphogranuloma Venereum Chlamydia trachomatis Strains

Authors :: Linus Christerson
Henry J.C. de Vries
Bertille de Barbeyrac
Charlotte A. Gaydos
Birgit Henrich
Steen Hoffmann
Julius Schachter
Johannes Thorvaldsen
Martí Vall-Mayans
Markus Klint
Björn Herrmann
Servaas A. Morré
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 11, Pp 1777-1779 (2010)
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010.
Abstract: 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.