Genome Sequences of Five Novel Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sequence Types Isolated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Nireshni Mitchev; Mushal Allam; Stanford Kwenda; Florah Mnyameni; Arshad Ismail; Abraham J Niehaus; Veron Ramsuran; Nigel Garrett; Ravesh Singh; Koleka P Mlisana

doi:10.1128/MRA.01424-20

Genome Sequences of Five Novel Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sequence Types Isolated in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Mar 4;10(9):e01424-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01424-20.

Authors

Nireshni Mitchev¹, Mushal Allam², Stanford Kwenda², Florah Mnyameni², Arshad Ismail², Abraham J Niehaus³, Veron Ramsuran^{3

4}, Nigel Garrett^{4

5}, Ravesh Singh⁶, Koleka P Mlisana^{3

4

6}

Affiliations

¹ School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa 200000312@stu.ukzn.ac.za.
² Sequencing Core Facility, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Durban, South Africa.
⁵ School of Nursing and Public Health, Discipline of Public Health Medicine, UKZN, Durban, South Africa.
⁶ National Health Laboratory Service, Durban, South Africa.

Abstract

Africa has the highest incidence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections globally, but data on these isolates is scarce. Here, we report six N. gonorrhoeae genome sequences with five novel sequence types isolated from patients with uncomplicated genitourinary gonorrhea in South Africa.