Emergence and Spread of Chlamydia trachomatis Variant, Sweden

Abstract

A variant of Chlamydia trachomatis that had escaped detection by commonly used systems was discovered in Sweden in 2006. In a nationwide study, we found that it is now prevalent across Sweden, irrespective of the detection system used. Genetic analysis by multilocus sequence typing identified a predominant variant, suggesting recent emergence.

Keywords

• Chlamydia trachomatis
• Sweden
• genetic variant
• diagnostics
• PCR
• infectious diseases