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Macrolide resistance and molecular types of Treponema pallidum causing primary syphilis in Shanghai, China.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Aug 2009
Martin Irene E, Gu Weiming, Yang Yang, Tsang Raymond S W
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BACKGROUND: The resurgence of syphilis in China requires laboratories to update their methods for molecular epidemiology investigation and surveillance. This study focuses on implementing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic tests for syphilis and for detection of molecular subtypes and macrolide resistance among strains causing primary syphilis in the city of Shanghai, China. METHODS: Swabs were obtained...
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