Molecular Subtyping of Treponema pallidum Subspecies pallidum

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Epidemiologic studies on syphilis have been hampered by the fact that strains of Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (T. pallidum), the causative agent of this disease, cannot be differentiated by either protein-based or deoxyribonucleic acid-based methods. Syphilis is endemic in many developing countries and is common in some industrialized nations. In addition, the disease has been...

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