Screening of volunteer students in Yaounde (Cameroon, Central Africa) for Chlamydia trachomatis infection and genotyping of isolated C. trachomatis strains

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Sep;41(9):4404-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4404-4407.2003.

Abstract

The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection was 3.78% out of 1,277 volunteer students screened by direct fluorescence assay and Cobas Amplicor PCR. The infection was associated with the nonuse or inconsistent use of condoms in women (P = 0.026) and a previous sexually transmitted infection in men (P = 0.023). The most frequent genotypes determined by sequencing the omp1 genes of 25 clinical isolates were E (44%) and F (20%), and some strains harbored mutations, but E genotype strains did not.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cameroon / epidemiology
  • Chlamydia Infections / diagnosis
  • Chlamydia Infections / epidemiology*
  • Chlamydia Infections / etiology
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / classification*
  • Chlamydia trachomatis / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Porins / chemistry
  • Porins / genetics
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Porins
  • omp1 protein, Chlamydia trachomatis