Multilocus Sequence Typing of Genital Chlamydia trachomatis in Norway Reveals Multiple New Sequence Types and a Large Genetic Diversity

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Gravningen, Kirsten, Christerson, Linus, Furberg, Anne-Sofie, Simonsen, Gunnar Skov, Ödman, Kristina, Ståhlsten, Anna, Herrmann, Björn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Klinisk bakteriologi 2012
• Subjects: Chlamydia trachomatis epidemiology: multilocus sequence typing: novel genotypes: Swedish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Norway; Tromso; Finnmark
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-156747; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0034452

Background: The Chlamydia trachomatis incidence rate in Finnmark, the most northern and sparsely populated county in Norway, has been twice the national average. This population based cross-sectional study among Finnmark high school students had the following aims: i) to examine distribution of mult...