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On the evolution of the sexually transmitted bacteria Haemophilus ducreyi and Klebsiella granulomatis.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Aug 2011
Lagergård Teresa, Bölin Ingrid, Lindholm Leif
Abstract excerpt
Haemophilus ducreyi and Klebsiella (Calymmatobacterium) granulomatis are sexually transmitted bacteria that cause characteristic, persisting ulceration on external genitals called chancroid and granuloma inguinale, respectively. Those ulcers are endemic in developing countries or exist, as does granuloma inguinale, only in some geographic "hot spots."H. ducreyi is placed in the genus Haemophilus (family...
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