Spread of Chlamydia pneumoniae ST16 during the 2024–2025 outbreak in France
Arabella Touati, Cécile Bébéar, Olivia Peuchant, the CHLAPTY study group · 2026
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Arabella Touati and the CHLAPTY study group type the bacteria behind a French outbreak of Chlamydia pneumoniae lung infections in 2024 and 2025, in a 2026 report. Detections rose sharply after a quiet decade, peaking in November 2024. Positive breath samples from across France underwent multi gene sequence typing.
Every typed sample belonged to a single type, ST16, suggesting one clone spread nationwide. Other revived lung pathogens after COVID showed mixed types, making this single clone pattern stand out. Typing samples from other countries will show whether the same clone drove the wider European resurgence.
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| CREATOR | Arabella Touati, Cécile Bébéar, Olivia Peuchant, the CHLAPTY study group |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 11 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |