Chlamydia trachomatisGenotypes and the Swedish New Variant among UrogenitalChlamydia trachomatisStrains in Finland

[摘要] Our aims were to genotypeChlamydia trachomatisstrains present in urogenital samples and to investigate the occurrence of the Swedish new variant ofC. trachomatisin Finland. We genotyped 160C. trachomatispositive samples withompAreal-time PCR and analyzed 495 samples for the new variant. The three most prevalent genotypes were E (40%), F (28%), and G (13%). Only two specimens containing bacteria with the variant plasmid were detected. It seems that in Finland the percentage of infections due to genotypes F and G has slightly increased during the last 20 years. Genotypes E and G appear to be more common, and genotypes J/Ja and I/Ia appear to be less common in Europe than in the USA. Although the genotype E was the most common genotype amongC. trachomatisstrains, the new variant was rarely found in Finland.

[学科分类] 妇产科学