TABLE 2.

Distribution of genotypes of C. trachomatis in different populations in Asian countries

Group	Country or area	Reference	Typing method	No. of samples	Genotype distribution
STDC	Taiwan	Hsu et al. (10)	Sequencing	102	E (22%), D (19%), F (16%), J (15%), G (11%), K (11%), H (6%), B (2%)
	Thailand	Yamazaki et al. (24)	RFLP	15	F (60%), E (13%), H (13%), D (7%), K (7%)
	Mainland China	This study	RFLP	154	E (26%), F (24%), G (14%), D (12%), J (7%), K (6%), M (3%), H (3%), I (3%)
FSW	Korea	Lee, et al. (15)	Sequencing	40	E (45%), F (20%), G (15%), D (5%), H (5%), J (2.5%)
	Thailand	Yamazaki et al. (24)	RFLP	56	F (29%), E (20%), K (18%), D (14%), G (7%), H (5%), J (5%), I (2%), Ba (2%)
	Mainland China	This study	RFLP	72	E (32%), F (22%), D (10%), G (10%), K (8%), M (7%), I (4%), H (3%), J (3%)