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Volume 32, Number 6—June 2026

Research Letter

Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sequence Type 16676 in Disseminated Infections, Minnesota, USA, 2025

Daniel EvansComments to Author , Allison LaPointe, Christine Peel, Khalid Bo-Subait, Elizabeth Dufort, Jenell Stewart, John Kaiyalethe, Bradley Craft, Matthew Plumb, Bonnie Weber, Laura Bohnker-Voels, Kelly Pung, Alyssa Mondelli, Jacob Garfin, Sarah Namugenyi, Paula Snippes-Vagnone, M. Elizabeth Gyllstrom, Kathryn Como-Sabetti, and Ruth Lynfield
Author affiliation: Health Protection Bureau, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (D. Evans, A. LaPointe, C. Peel, K. Bo-Subait, E. Dufort, J. Kaiyalethe, B. Craft, M. Plumb, B. Weber, L. Bohnker-Voels, K. Pung, A. Mondelli, J. Garfin, S. Namugenyi, P. Snippes-Vagnone, M.E. Gyllstrom, K. Como-Sabetti, R. Lynfield); University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (J. Stewart); Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis (J. Stewart)

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Figure 1

Midpoint-rooted phylogenetic tree constructed from an alignment of 1,626 core genes shared by 50 genomes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from study of outbreak of N. gonorrhoeae ST16676 among disseminated infections, Minnesota, USA, 2025. Annotations denote calendar year of specimen collection, N. gonorrhoeae sequence type by antimicrobial resistance (determined by using NG-STAR, https://ngstar.canada.ca), porB allele type, and presence of a GGI. Clades of genomes assigned to ST16676 and ST11184 are labeled on the tree. Scale bar represents substitutions per site. Figure was constructed using ITOL software (https://itol.embl.de). GGI, gonococcal genetic island; ST, sequence type.

Figure 1. Midpoint-rooted phylogenetic tree constructed from an alignment of 1,626 core genes shared by 50 genomes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from study of outbreak of N. gonorrhoeae ST16676 among disseminated infections, Minnesota, USA, 2025. Annotations denote calendar year of specimen collection, N. gonorrhoeae sequence type by antimicrobial resistance (determined by using NG-STAR, https://ngstar.canada.ca), porB allele type, and presence of a GGI. Clades of genomes assigned to ST16676 and ST11184 are labeled on the tree. Scale bar represents substitutions per site. Figure was constructed using ITOL software (https://itol.embl.de). GGI, gonococcal genetic island; ST, sequence type.

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