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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS
Volume 20, Issue 6, Pages 414-417Publisher
ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008356
Keywords
epidemiology; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; NG-MAST; partner notification
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- Medical Research Council [MC_U130031238] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U130031238] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_U130031238] Funding Source: Medline
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Gonococcal isolates from genitourinary (GU) medicine clinic attendees in Glasgow, Scotland were typed using Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiantigen sequence typing (NG-MAST). Correlation between named partners (contacts) and NG-MAST type was sought and associations between specific NG-MAST types, and the social, epidemiological and geographical data were explored. We found NG-MAST typing to be a supportive and confirmatory tool for contact tracing. Specific NG-MAST types were found to be associated with distinct characteristics such as sexuality or chlamydial co-infection. An increased number of gonococcal infections were reported from those resident in deprived areas of Glasgow than from those resident in more affluent areas. However, there was no clear geographic clustering of specific NG-MAST types found within the city. Routinely observing the spread of common strains of gonorrhoea is likely best done from a larger geographical perspective unless a specific outbreak occurs.
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