The diagnostic-escape Finnish new variant of Chlamydia trachomatis first described in 2019 remains present in Finland three years after the introduction of an updated Aptima Combo 2 assay

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2023 May;29(5):658-659. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.02.009. Epub 2023 Feb 17.

¹ Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory, Clinical Microbiology, HUS Diagnostic Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: mirja.puolakkainen@helsinki.fi.
² Helsinki University Hospital Laboratory, Clinical Microbiology, HUS Diagnostic Center, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
³ WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

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