Molecular typing of Treponema pallidum: A 5-year surveillance in Shanghai, China

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3674-3677

  Dai, Ting ^a,c   Li, Kang ^b   Lu, Haikong ^b   Gu, Xin ^b   Wang, Qianqiu ^a   Zhou, Pingyu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^b Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital   (China)

^c SHANGHAI XUHUI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE ARP; GENITAL SWAB; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEUROSYPHILIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYPHILIS; TP0548 GENE; TPR GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENITALIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84867491882     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01195-12     Document Type: Article

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