Molecular characterization of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum in Switzerland and France with a new multilocus sequence typing scheme.

Syphilis is an important public health problem and an increasing incidence has been noted in recent years. Characterization of strain diversity through molecular data plays a critical role in the epidemiological understanding of this re-emergence. We here propose a new high-resolution multilocus seq...

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Main Authors: Linda Grillová, Tanika Bawa, Lenka Mikalová, Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Kay Nieselt, Michal Strouhal, Patrice Sednaoui, Tristan Ferry, Matthias Cavassini, Stephan Lautenschlager, Fabrizio Dutly, Marta Pla-Díaz, Michael Krützen, Fernando González-Candelas, Homayoun C Bagheri, David Šmajs, Natasha Arora, Philipp P Bosshard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6066202?pdf=render