Molecular typing of Treponema pallidum strains from patients with neurosyphilis in Pretoria, South Africa

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-192

  Molepo, J ^b,c   Pillay, A ^a,d   Weber, B ^b,c   Morse, S A ^d   Hoosen, A A ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ARP; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEUROSYPHILIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROCHETE; TANDEM REPEAT; TPR E GENE; TPR G GENE; TPR J GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 34347215155     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.023895     Document Type: Article

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