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...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud
2018-03-01
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Series: | Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud |
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Online Access: | https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3740 |