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Historic Treponema pallidum genomes from Colonial Mexico retrieved from archaeological remains
21 Jun 2018
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Treponema pallidum infections occur worldwide causing, among other diseases, syphilis and yaws.In particular sexually transmitted syphilis is regarded as a re-emerging infectious disease with millions of new infections annually.Here we present three historic T. pallidum genomes (two from T. pallidum ssp.pallidum and one from T. pallidum ssp.pertenue) that have been reconstructed from skeletons recovered from the...
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