Volume 30, Number 10—October 2024
Dispatch
Clustering of Polymorphic Membrane Protein E Clade in Chlamydia trachomatis Lineages from Men Who Have Sex with Men
Morika Mitobe, Hiroaki Kubota
, Kai Kobayashi, Hirofumi Miyake, Misao Takano, Daisuke Mizushima, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Shinichi Oka, Jun Suzuki, and Kenji Sadamasu
, Kai Kobayashi, Hirofumi Miyake, Misao Takano, Daisuke Mizushima, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Shinichi Oka, Jun Suzuki, and Kenji Sadamasu
Table
Detected polymorphic membrane protein E clades of Chlamydia trachomatis according to study population and anatomic source of sample in study of C. trachomatis lineages from MSM, Japan*
| Sample type | No. (%) samples |
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|---|---|---|---|
| p1 | p2 | Total | |
| MSM samples | |||
| Rectal | 201 (97.6) | 5 (2.4) | 206 (100) |
| Pharyngeal | 25 (93) | 2 (7) | 27 (100) |
| Urogenital | 11 (92) | 1 (8) | 12 (100) |
| Total |
237 (96.7) |
8 (3.3) |
245 (100) |
| Non-MSM samples | |||
| Urogenital | 0 | 35 (100) | 35 (100) |
| Cervix | 0 | 18 (100) | 18 (100) |
| Total | 0 | 53 (100) | 53 (100) |
*The proportions of p1 and p2 in the MSM population did not differ significantly among the rectal, pharyngeal, and urogenital specimens (p = 0.141 by Fisher exact test). MSM, men who have sex with men.
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