Treponema pallidum Strains Among Women and Men Who Have Sex With Women in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Antwerp, Belgium Between 2014 and 2020

Hélène C A Zondag; Florine H Zwezerijnen-Jiwa; Henry J C de Vries; Irith De Baetselier; Sylvia M Bruisten

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001779

Treponema pallidum Strains Among Women and Men Who Have Sex With Women in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Antwerp, Belgium Between 2014 and 2020

Sex Transm Dis. 2023 Jun 1;50(6):e5-e7. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001779. Epub 2023 Feb 8.

Authors

Hélène C A Zondag, Florine H Zwezerijnen-Jiwa, Henry J C de Vries, Irith De Baetselier¹, Sylvia M Bruisten

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical Reference Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.

Abstract

The Treponema pallidum strain distribution among men who have sex with women were similar to the strain distribution men who have sex with men. The most prevalent strains and percentage of strains belonging to the Nichols lineage are similar to previous studies in Amsterdam focusing on men who have sex with men.

MeSH terms

Belgium / epidemiology
Female
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Male
Netherlands / epidemiology
Sexual and Gender Minorities*
Treponema pallidum*