Enhanced molecular typing of Treponema pallidum: Geographical distribution of strain types and association with neurosyphilis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 202, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1380-1388

  Marra, Christina M ^a   Sahi, Sharon K ^a   Tantalo, Lauren C ^a   Godornes, Charmie ^a   Reid, Tara ^a   Behets, Frieda ^c   Rompalo, Anne ^d   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^e   Yin, Yue Ping ^f   Mulcahy, Fiona ^g   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b   Centurion Lara, Arturo ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^g ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC REPEAT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TP0126 GENE; TP0127 GENE; TP0548 GENE; TPRC GENE; TPRD GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED STATES; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYPHILIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHINA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958097982     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656533     Document Type: Article

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