Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
DDL Diagnostic Laboratory, Voorburg, The Netherlands.
Epidemiol Infect. 2014 Feb;142(2):409-14. doi: 10.1017/S095026881300071X. Epub 2013 Apr 24.
The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis varies between ethnic groups in The Netherlands. It is, however, unknown whether this is associated with specific serogroups. The objective of this study was to determine whether serogroup distribution is associated with ethnic origin in the region of The Hague, The Netherlands. Serogroups of 370 microbiologically confirmed C. trachomatis-positive samples were analysed. The samples were obtained from 247 women and 123 men between January and October 2008, of self-reported Dutch Caucasian, Dutch Antillean, Surinamese, N. African/Turkish or other descent. We observed a difference in serogroup distribution comparing Dutch Caucasian women to Dutch Antillean women (χ2 for distribution P = 0·035). Serogroup C was more common in Dutch Antillean women, whereas serogroup B was less common (P = 0·03). This difference was not observed for Dutch Antillean men. The observed difference in distribution of C. trachomatis serogroups between ethnic groups is relevant for further transmission studies.
沙眼衣原体在荷兰不同族裔中的流行率有所不同。然而，目前尚不清楚这是否与特定的血清型有关。本研究的目的是确定在荷兰海牙地区血清型分布是否与族裔有关。对 370 例经微生物学确认的沙眼衣原体阳性样本的血清型进行了分析。这些样本是在 2008 年 1 月至 10 月期间从 247 名女性和 123 名男性中获得的，他们自述为荷兰白种人、荷兰安的列斯人、苏里南人、北非/土耳其裔或其他血统。我们观察到，与荷兰白种人女性相比，荷兰安的列斯人女性的血清型分布存在差异（分布χ2检验 P = 0·035）。血清型 C 在荷兰安的列斯人女性中更为常见，而血清型 B 则较少见（P = 0·03）。这种差异在荷兰安的列斯人男性中没有观察到。不同族裔之间沙眼衣原体血清型分布的观察到的差异对于进一步的传播研究具有重要意义。
