Secondary syphilis in Cali, Colombia: New concepts in disease pathogenesis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Cruz, Adriana R ^a   Pillay, Allan ^b   Zuluaga, Ana V ^a   Ramirez, Lady G ^a   Duque, Jorge E ^a   Aristizabal, Gloria E ^c   Fiel Gan, Mary D ^d   Jaramillo, Roberto ^e   Trujillo, Rodolfo ^a   Valencia, Carlos ^a   Jagodzinski, Linda ^f   Cox, David L ^b   Radolf, Justin D ^g   Salazar, Juan C ^g,h  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

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

^c Programa Micobacterias   (Colombia)

^d HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e FUNDACIÓN VALLE DEL LILI   (Colombia)

^f WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^h Farmington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; REAGINIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SKIN BIOPSY; TANDEM REPEAT; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COLOMBIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMERASE I; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REAGINS; SKIN; SYPHILIS, CUTANEOUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955293683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000690     Document Type: Article

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