Molecular typing of treponema pallidum: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Peng, Rui Rui ^a   Wang, Alberta L ^a,b   Li, Jing ^a   Tucker, Joseph D ^c   Yin, Yue Ping ^a   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEUROSYPHILIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SYPHILIS;

GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 82555184891     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001273     Document Type: Review

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