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Reanalysis of Chinese Treponema pallidum samples: all Chinese samples cluster with SS14-like group of syphilis-causing treponemes.
BMC research notes - 11 Jan 2018
Strouhal Michal, Oppelt Jan, Mikalová Lenka, Arora Natasha, Nieselt Kay, González-Candelas Fernando, Šmajs David
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (TPA) is the causative agent of syphilis. Genetic analyses of TPA reference strains and human clinical isolates have revealed two genetically distinct groups of syphilis-causing treponemes, called Nichols-like and SS14-like groups. So far, no genetic intermediates, i.e. strains containing a mixed pattern of Nichols-like and SS14-like genomic sequences, have been...
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