Molecular typing of N. gonorrhoeae strains prevalent in the Russian Federation

E N Il'ina; M V Malakhova; V A Vereshchagin; V M Govorun; V I Sergienko; M M Zubkov; M M Vasil'ev; A A Kubanova

doi:10.1023/a:1026379209810

Molecular typing of N. gonorrhoeae strains prevalent in the Russian Federation

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2003 Aug;136(2):179-82. doi: 10.1023/a:1026379209810.

Authors

E N Il'ina¹, M V Malakhova, V A Vereshchagin, V M Govorun, V I Sergienko, M M Zubkov, M M Vasil'ev, A A Kubanova

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Physico-Chemical Medicine, Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, Moscow.

PMID: 14631504
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026379209810

Abstract

Genetic polymorphism of Russian population of N. gonorrhoeae was detected and a system for genotyping of its clinical strains was introduced into practice. Comparative analysis of the prevalence of N. gonorrhoeae genotypes in Russia and abroad was carried out. For adaptation of the methods of molecular typing of N. gonorrhoeae strains and its approbation on clinical strains isolated in Russia 41 clinical strains of N. gonorrhoeae were typed. The predominance of PIB serovar (83%) was demonstrated.

MeSH terms

Bacterial Typing Techniques*
Genotype
Gonorrhea / diagnosis
Gonorrhea / epidemiology
Humans
Molecular Epidemiology*
Neisseria gonorrhoeae / classification*
Neisseria gonorrhoeae / genetics
Russia / epidemiology