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Population dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Shanghai, China: a comparative study.
BMC infectious diseases - 21 Jan 2010
Tazi Loubna, Pérez-Losada Marcos, Gu Weiming, Yang Yang, Xue Lin, Crandall Keith A, Viscidi Raphael P
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BACKGROUND: Gonorrhea is a major sexually transmitted disease (STD) in many countries worldwide. The emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance has complicated efforts to control and treat this disease. We report the first study of the evolutionary processes acting on transmission dynamics of a resistant gonococcal population from Shanghai, China. We compare these findings with our previous study of the evolution of...
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