LGV ompA sequences derived from LGV-positive specimens from four European countries
| Austria | Croatia | Slovenia | UK | Total | ||||||
| LGV ompA sequences (accession number) | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Number of LGV-positive | 79 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 105 | |||||
| L2/434/BU (AM884176) | 48 | 67.6 | 2 | 66.7 | – | – | 1 | 8.3 | 51 | 58.6 |
| L2b/UCH-1/proctitis (AM884177) | 5 | 7.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 100 | 5 | 41.7 | 11 | 12.6 |
| L2bV1 (JX971936) | 16 | 22.5 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 18.4 |
| L2bV1 and L2/434/BU* | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| L2bV5 (MH253040) (new; most similar to L2bV4 (KU518892) with G-A at 271 bp) | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | 4 | 33.3 | 4 | 4.6 |
| L2bV6 (MH253041) (new; most similar to L2b (AM884177) with G-A at 998 bp) | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 1.1 |
| L2h (MH253042) (new; most similar to L2 (AM884176) with A-G at 997 bp) | 1 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | 1 | 8.3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| LGV sequence not obtained† | 8 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 45.5 | 18 | 17.1 |
*Two different sequences present in specimen; mixed infection.
†Includes one patient from Austria with genotype G according to ompA sequencing; possible dual LGV and non-LGV-CT infection.
LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum; bp, base-pairs.