First Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis 'Swedish' Variant (nvCT) in a Russian Couple with Infertility

Table 3: Detection of Chlamydia from genital and extra genital sites of the female and male partners in clinical specimens obtained in 2013.

Clinical samples	*Identification of С. trachomatis* by PCR**
	Female partner						Male partner
	Ampi Sens-Eph	PCR-nvCT^a)	PCR-orf2	PCR-orf8	Geno-var^b)	SNP, position^c)	Ampi Sens- Eph	PCR-nvCT^a)	PCR-orf2	PCR-orf8	Geno-var^b)	SNP, position^c)
Conjunctiva	-	+	-	+	D E	991, 1020 None	-	+	-	+	E	None
Oropharynx	+	+	-	+	D E	971 None	-	+	+	-	D E	971 None
Urethra & Cervix	-	+	-	-	E	None	+	+	-	+	E	None
Blood	-	+	+	+	E	None	-	+	+	-	E	997

^a) Presence of 377 bp deletion in orf1 of the cryptic plasmid; ^b) C. trachomatis genovar was determined by sequencing of the VD2 region of the ompA gene; ^c) Single nucleotide polymorphism detected in the ompA gene: the SNP position compared to the genovars E and D, strains E/Bour and D/SotonD5, respectively.