The endemic treponematoses

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-115

  Giacani, Lorenzo ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEJEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PHYLOGENY; PINTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT INFECTIVITY TEST; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMATOSIS; YAWS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84891701318     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: 10986618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00070-13     Document Type: Review

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