Ethnically diverse urban transmission networks of Neisseria gonorrhoeae without evidence of HIV serosorting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to characterise gonorrhoea transmission patterns in a diverse urban population by linking genomic, epidemiological and antimicrobial susceptibility data.

Methods

Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from patients attending sexual health clinics at Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK, during an 11-month period underwent whole-genome sequencing and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. We combined laboratory and patient data to investigate the transmission network structure.

Results

One hundred and fifty-eight isolates from 158 patients were available with associated descriptive data. One hundred and twenty-nine (82%) patients identified as male and 25 (16%) as female; four (3%) records lacked gender information. Self-described ethnicities were: 51 (3

SUBMITTER: Dave J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7035678 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature