{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(10)"],"submitter":["Touati A"],"pubmed_abstract":["In a previous study, we developed a Multi-Locus VNTRs Analysis (MLVA) typing system, called MLVA-5, for the discrimination of Chlamydia trachomatis genovar E strain. The results suggested the clonal spread of a MLVA-5 type 21 strain among men who have sex with men (MSM). We applied the MLVA-5 typing method on 157 French anorectal genovar E specimens and 19 Swedish specimens collected between 2010 and 2015. A total of 29 MLVA-5 types was obtained, with three predominant types among French samples: 78 specimens belonged to MLVA-5 type 21, two other types, 11 and 13, included 9 and 14 specimens, respectively. In 15 cases, one unique MLVA-5 type was observed for a single patient, 7 of which were new types not previously described. The distribution of MLVA-5 types according to sexual orientatio"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e0259274"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8555804"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Spread of clonal genovar E Chlamydia trachomatis among men who have sex with men."],"pmcid":["PMC8555804"],"pubmed_authors":["Bebear C","Laurier-Nadalie C","Touati A","de Barbeyrac B","Peuchant O","Herrmann B","Henin N"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Spread of clonal genovar E Chlamydia trachomatis among men who have sex with men.","description":"In a previous study, we developed a Multi-Locus VNTRs Analysis (MLVA) typing system, called MLVA-5, for the discrimination of Chlamydia trachomatis genovar E strain. The results suggested the clonal spread of a MLVA-5 type 21 strain among men who have sex with men (MSM). We applied the MLVA-5 typing method on 157 French anorectal genovar E specimens and 19 Swedish specimens collected between 2010 and 2015. A total of 29 MLVA-5 types was obtained, with three predominant types among French samples: 78 specimens belonged to MLVA-5 type 21, two other types, 11 and 13, included 9 and 14 specimens, respectively. In 15 cases, one unique MLVA-5 type was observed for a single patient, 7 of which were new types not previously described. The distribution of MLVA-5 types according to sexual orientatio","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021","modification":"2025-04-04T14:08:35.691Z","creation":"2025-04-04T14:08:35.691Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8555804","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34714865"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0259274"]}}