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A genomic epidemiology investigation of yaws re-emergence and bacterial drug resistance selection
2020-01-02
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<h4>Background: </h4> In a longitudinal study assessing the WHO strategy for yaws eradication using mass azithromycin treatment, we observed resurgence of yaws cases with dominance of a single JG8 sequence type and emergence of azithromycin-resistant Treponema pallidum. Here, we analyse genomic changes in the bacterial population using samples collected during the study. <h4>Methods:</h4> We performed whole bacter...
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- c0c5f706-2d74-5df1-ac07-0f724ffbe643
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- 10.1101/2019.12.31.19016220
