Molecular typing of Treponema pallidum clinical strains from Lisbon, Portugal

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3802-3803

  Florindo, C ^a   Reigado, V ^a   Gomes, J P ^a   Azevedo, J ^b   Santo, I ^b   Borrego, M J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b Lapa Health Centre   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PORTUGAL; SKIN; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 55849093187     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00128-08     Document Type: Article

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