<i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> Sequence Types During an Increase of Gonorrhea Among Young Women in 2022 and 2023 in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since September 2022, an ongoing increase in gonorrhea positivity rates and diagnoses among young women visiting sexual health centers was observed in the Netherlands. To gain more insight into possible drivers of this increase, this study aimed to investigate the molecular diversity, clustering, and transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae related to the gonorrhea increase in the Netherlands.

Methods

Between January 2022 and March 2023, viable and stored N gonorrhoeae isolates from vaginal swab samples from 273 women <25 years of age were included from 4 sexual health centers in the Netherlands. All isolates were subjected to whole genome sequencing. The molecular diversity was investigated by analyzing (core genome) multilocus sequence types (STs) ove

SUBMITTER: Visser M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12761311 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature