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Molecular epidemiology of syphilis in Scotland
3 Jun 2009
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the molecular epidemiology of syphilis in Scotland. METHODS: Ulcer specimens were collected from 85 patients with infectious syphilis. Typing of Treponema pallidum was performed using a method that examines variation in two loci; the number of 60-basepair repeats within the arp gene and sequence variation in the tpr genes. RESULTS: Patients were predominately white men who have sex with men...
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