Open AccessIdentification of the Swedish Chlamydia trachomatis variant among patients attending a STI clinic in Oslo, Norway
Author(s) -
Amir Moghaddam,
Nils Reinton
Publication year - 2007
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.12.09.03148-en
Subject(s) - chlamydia trachomatis , chlamydiales , chlamydiaceae , genitourinary system , chlamydia trachomatis infection , chlamydia , medicine , chlamydial infection , gynecology , identification (biology) , virology , biology , immunology , botany
A Chlamydia trachomatis variant has been identified in patients in Sweden that harbours a 377 base pair deletion in the ORF1 in the C. trachomatis cryptic plasmid. There is no evidence for the presence of this new C. trachomatis variant outside Sweden, however, we wanted to assess whether this variant was circulating in Oslo, in order to implement new procedures for optimal specificity and sensitivity in detecting urogenital C. trachomatis infections.