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Rapid divergence of two classes of Haemophilus ducreyi.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 2011
Ricotta Emily E, Wang Nan, Cutler Robin, Lawrence Jeffrey G, Humphreys Tricia L
Abstract excerpt
Haemophilus ducreyi, the etiologic agent of chancroid, expresses variants of several key virulence factors. While previous reports suggested that H. ducreyi strains formed two clonal populations, the differences between, and diversity within, these populations were unclear. To assess their variability, we examined sequence diversity at 11 H. ducreyi loci, including virulence and housekeeping genes, augmenting...
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