Table 1.
Typing schemea | Loci (number) | Note | Pathogenwatch implementation | References |
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cgMLST | (N = 1649) | N. gonorrhoeae cgMLST v1.0 | Typing algorithm, database from PubMLST | [46–48, 53] |
MLST | abcZ, adk, aroE, fumC, gdh, pdhC, pgm (N = 7) | Housekeeping genes in Neisseria spp. | In-house typing tool, database from PubMLST | [45, 47, 48, 53] |
NG-MAST | porB, tbpB (N = 2) | Genes encoding highly-variable membrane proteins | NG-MASTER, database from NG-MAST website | [49, 50, 54] |
NG-STAR | penA, mtrR, porB, ponA, gyrA, parC, 23S rDNA (N = 7) | Genes involved in antimicrobial resistance | In-house typing tool, database from NG-STAR website | [51–53] |
a Typing scheme: cgMLST core genome multi-locus sequence typing, MLST multi-locus sequence typing, NG-MAST N. gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing, NG-STAR N. gonorrhoeae sequence typing for antimicrobial resistance