Urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis multilocus sequence types and genovar distribution in chlamydia infected patients in a multi-ethnic region of Saratov, Russia.

Background: This is the first report to characterize the prevalence and genovar distribution of genital chlamydial infections among random heterosexual patients in the multi-ethnic Saratov Region, located in Southeast Russia.

Methods: Sixty-one clinical samples (cervical or urethral swabs) collected from a random cohort of 856 patients (7.1%) were C.