Transcontinental Dissemination of the L2b/D-Da Recombinant <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) Strain: Need of Broad Multi-Country Molecular Surveillance
Vítor Borges, Joana Isidro, Cristina Belo Correia, Dora Cordeiro, Luı́s Vieira, Zohra Lodhia, Cândida Fernandes, Ana Maria Rodrigues, Jacinta Azevedo, João M. P. Alves, João Rôxo, Miguel Rocha, Rita Côrte‐Real, Cristina Toscano, Maria Ana Pessanha, Israel Nissan, Shlomo Pilo, Efrat Rorman, Zeev Dveyrin, Yossi Paitan, Haim Paran, Gal Wagner-Kolasko, Jennifer Beirnes, Suzanne Gibbons, Alberto Severini, Maria José Borrego, João Paulo Gomes
Abstract
Previously, we identified a Chlamydia trachomatis lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) recombinant strain possessing a non-LGV ompA genotype. Here, culture-independent genome sequencing confirms its circulation in Europe, Middle East, and North America, and unveils emergence of antibiotic resistance. Broad surveillance is needed.