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Molecular typing of Treponema pallidum: a 5-year surveillance in Shanghai, China.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2012
Dai Ting, Li Kang, Lu Haikong, Gu Xin, Wang Qianqiu, Zhou Pingyu
Abstract excerpt
Previously, a small study showed that 14f was the predominant subtype of Treponema pallidum in Shanghai, China. The result was quite different from the genotype distribution in other areas of China. This study aimed to identify the strain types of Treponema pallidum in samples collected over a 5-year period in Shanghai. From 2007 to 2011, genital swabs were collected from patients with syphilis from the Shanghai...
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