Molecular Biotechnology Program
Uppsala University School of Engineering
UPTEC X 11 047 Date of Issue 2011-10 Author
Resha Yass
Title (English)
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of Chlamydia trachomatis strains from men who have sex with men (MSM) in the
Netherlands, Sweden and USA
Title (Swedish) Abstract
This study uses the high resolution Multilocus Sequencetyping (MLST) system designed by Klint et al 2007 to differentiate strains of Chlamydia trachomatis from a population of men who have sex with men (MSM). MSM have been identified to be a rather small group of sexually high risk takers. The samples that have been chosen for this study are from Sweden, the Netherlands and the USA. The reason for this spread is to analyse and identify overlaps of strains between the different reference points. The results showed that there was a bigger overlap between Sweden and the Netherlands than between them and the USA.
Keywords
C.trachomatis, MLST, sequence typing, ompA typing Supervisor
Björn Herrmann, Uppsala University Hospital Scientific reviewer
Markus Klint, Uppsala University Hospital
Project name Sponsors
Language
English
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