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Four hundred and twenty five gonococcal isolates from 390 consecutive patients (123 women, 187 heterosexual men, and 80 homosexual men) who attended the Seattle-King County Sexually Transmitted Diseases clinic at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in January-March 1985 were obtained and characterized by auxotype and serovar (A/S class). A total of 57 A/S classes of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were identified. Some A/S classes were isolated repeatedly, whereas others were isolated only rarely. A/S classification can be used together with epidemiologic data to trace the introduction, spread, and eventual elimination of gonococcal strains from a community, and to evaluate gonorrhea control strategies.
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Knapp, J.S., Holmes, K.K., Bonin, P., Hook, E.W. (1988). Distribution and temporal changes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae auxotype/serovar classes in Seattle, Washington. In: Poolman, J.T. (eds) Gonococci and Meningococci. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1383-7_22
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