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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 355-356, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01493-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Chlamydia trachomatis Serovars among Strains Isolated from Members of Rural Indigenous Communities and Urban Populations in Australia{triangledown}

Claudiu I. Bandea,1 Joseph Debattista,2 Kahaliah Joseph,1 Joseph Igietseme,1 Peter Timms,3 and Carolyn M. Black1*

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia,1 The Prince Charles Hospital Health Service District, Brisbane, Australia,2 Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Science, Brisbane, Australia3

Received 25 July 2007/ Returned for modification 14 September 2007/ Accepted 12 November 2007

We genotyped Chlamydia trachomatis strains from 45 women or men living in either a rural indigenous community or in urban heterosexual communities. We found six different C. trachomatis serovars: E (n = 22; 48.9%), F (n = 10; 22.2%), J/Ja (n = 5; 11.1%), D/Da (n = 4; 8.9%), G (n = 3; 6.7%), and K (n = 1; 2.2%). The distribution of C. trachomatis serovars among members of the indigenous rural and the urban Australian communities appears similar to that in other Western countries.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MS C-17, 1600 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA 30333. Phone: (404) 639-3466. Fax: (404) 639-2155. E-mail: cblack{at}cdc.gov

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 21 November 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2008, p. 355-356, Vol. 46, No. 1
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01493-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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