Detection of Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum for the diagnosis of congenital syphilis by nested polymerase chain reaction

Introduction. Syphilis is a disease produced by Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum, which affects approximately 12 million people worldwide every year. Of these, more than 2 million are pregnant women whose babies end up having congenital syphilis, the worst form of this infection. Objective. To...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gladys Pinilla, Lesly Campos, Andrea Durán, Jeannette Navarrete, Liliana Muñoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2018-03-01
Series:Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3740