title: Serovar distribution of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis strains in The Netherlands.
abstract: The distribution of serovars in 208 Chlamydia trachomatis strains of urogenital origin isolated from 185 patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, was assessed. Typing by monoclonal antisera using a dot enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) showed that the most common serovars were E (found in 45 strains), F (39), D (34), and K (28). Other serovars detected were H (21), G, I, I', J (two to 12), and B (one strain). Mixed infection with two serovars was detected in two patients. These results indicate that most genital infections with C trachomatis result from a small number of serovars, and that those serovars are similar in The Netherlands and Seattle, USA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wagenvoort
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Suchland
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Stamm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000145:classification*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D012703:Serotyping; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000382:microbiology*