Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Bridging of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages across sexual networks in the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis era

  • Deborah A. Williamson,
  • Eric P. F. Chow,
  • Claire L. Gorrie,
  • Torsten Seemann,
  • Danielle J. Ingle,
  • Nasra Higgins,
  • Marion Easton,
  • George Taiaroa,
  • Yonatan H. Grad,
  • Jason C. Kwong,
  • Christopher K. Fairley,
  • Marcus Y. Chen,
  • Benjamin P. Howden

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12053-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

Read online

Here, Williamson et al. combine epidemiological and genomic analysis of 2,186 Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Australia and show that men who have sex with men and women are a possible ‘bridging’ population between men who have sex with men and heterosexuals.