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Sequencing-based molecular typing of treponema pallidum strains in the Czech Republic: all identified genotypes are related to the sequence of the SS14 strain.
Acta dermato-venereologica - 1 Nov 2012
Flasarová Magdalena, Pospíšilová Petra, Mikalová Lenka, Vališová Zuzana, Dastychová Eliška, Strnadel Radim, Kuklová Ivana, Woznicová Vladana, Zákoucká Hana, Šmajs David
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A set of 415 clinical samples isolated from 294 patients suspected of having syphilis collected in the Czech Republic between 2004 and 2010 was tested for the presence of treponemal DNA. Standard serological tests showed that 197 patients were syphilis-seropositive and 97 patients were syphilis-seronegative. In each sample, PCR tests for polA (TP0105), tmpC (TP0319), TP0136, TP0548 and 23S rRNA genes were...
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