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Comparison of reverse hybridization and ompA sequencing methods applied on Chlamydia trachomatis strains from Tunisia.

Houda Gharsallah, Olfa Frikha-Gargouri, Reinier J Bom, Adnene Hammami, Sylvia M Bruisten

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Houda GharsallahDepartment of Microbiology and research laboratory "Microorganismes et Pathologies Humaines", Habib Bourguiba university hospital, Medical School of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.ORCID 0000-0001-9151-8056
Olfa Frikha-GargouriBiopesticides Laboratory, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Reinier J BomPublic Health Laboratory, The Netherlands Condomerie, Cluster Infectious Diseases, Public Health Service Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Adnene HammamiDepartment of Microbiology and research laboratory "Microorganismes et Pathologies Humaines", Habib Bourguiba university hospital, Medical School of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
Sylvia M BruistenPublic Health Laboratory, Public Health Service of Amsterdam (GGD Amsterdam), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Abstract

Two techniques based on ompA amplification of Chlamydia trachomatis were compared, being reverse hybridization (RHM) and ompA sequencing (OSA), to investigate the concordance between them and to study the epidemiological relevance of each method. In addition, phylogenetic analysis was performed on the ompA sequences. One hundred and seven C. trachomatis positive samples from Tunisian patients and female sex workers were analyzed using both the RHM and ompA sequencing. The overall genovar distribution obtained with both techniques was very similar. The RHM identified nine genovars, being B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K, where B, I, J, and K were only found in mixed infections versus 7 types for the OSA being D, E, F, G, H, I, and K. The agreement between both typing techniques was 87.8%. Both methods showed that genovar E was the most predominant type. In 24.3% of the analyzed samples, mixed infections were detected. In 96.1% of these, the genovar identified by OSA was also detected using the RHM. OmpA sequencing allowed determination of six genovar types that could not be typed using RHM. The analyses of ompA nucleotide variation in the 107 clinical specimens detected ompA genovar variants with distinct ompA mutational patterns for types D2, G1, G2, and H1. In conclusion, RHM and OSA showed a high agreement in C. trachomatis genotyping results with each having their specific benefits.

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Genotyping TechniquesNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsChlamydia trachomatisFemaleGene AmplificationGenetic VariationGenotypeHumansMaleMultilocus Sequence TypingPhylogenySequence Analysis, DNATunisiaBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsOMPA outer membrane proteinsChlamydia trachomatiscomparisongenotypingompA sequencingreverse hybridization method

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PMCPMC5911986

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