Molecular subtyping of Treponema pallidum from North and South Carolina

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3743-3746

  Pope, Victoria ^a,d   Fox, Kimberley ^a,b,d   Liu, Hsi ^a   Marfin, Anthony A ^a,d   Leone, Peter ^b,c   Seña, Arlene C ^c   Chapin, Johanna ^a   Fears, Martha B ^a   Markowitz, Lauri ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Department of Health and Human Services ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FEMALE; GENE ARP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLA GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS; TPR GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 23744489461     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.3743-3746.2005     Document Type: Article

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