Finnish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis escaping detection in the Aptima Combo 2 assay also present in Örebro County, Sweden, May 2019
(2019) In Eurosurveillance 24(26).- Abstract
We identified the first two cases of the Finnish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis (F-nvCT) beyond Finland in two clinical urogenital specimens in Örebro County, Sweden. These Aptima Combo 2 assay-negative specimens were Aptima Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) assay positive and had the characteristic C1515T mutation in the 23S rRNA gene. From 22 March to 31 May 2019, 1.3% (2/158) of the CT-positive cases in Örebro County were missed because of the F-nvCT. International awareness, investigations and actions are essential.
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- author
- Unemo, Magnus ; Hansen, Marit ; Hadad, Ronza ; Lindroth, Ylva LU ; Fredlund, Hans ; Puolakkainen, Mirja and Sundqvist, Martin
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019-06-27
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Chlamydia trachomatis, Diagnostics, Finland, NAAT, nvCT, Sweden
- in
- Eurosurveillance
- volume
- 24
- issue
- 26
- publisher
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85069267549
- pmid:31266590
- ISSN
- 1560-7917
- DOI
- 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.26.1900370
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a46fb9dc-5211-4628-a2d5-f29ff88c2770
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- 2019-07-29 15:21:15
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