Molecular subtyping of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum in Lisbon, Portugal

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2510-2512

  Castro, R ^a   Prieto, E ^a   Aguas M J ^b   Manata, M J ^b   Botas, J ^b   Martins Pereira, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EAR LOBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR TYPING; MUCOSA; PLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN DEFECT; STRUCTURAL GENE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA POLYMERASE I; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP. PALLIDUM;

EID: 68549112797     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00287-08     Document Type: Article

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