Syphilis-causing strains belong to separate SS14-like or Nichols-like groups as defined by multilocus analysis of 19 Treponema pallidum strains

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 645-653

  Nechvátal, Lukáš ^a   Pětrošová, Helena ^a   Grillová, Linda ^a   Pospíšilová, Petra ^a   Mikalová, Lenka ^a   Strnadel, Radim ^b   Kuklová, Ivana ^c   Kojanová, Martina ^c   Kreidlová, Miluše ^d   Vaňousová, Daniela ^c   Procházka, Přemysl ^e   Zákoucká, Hana ^f   Krchňáková, Alena ^b   Šmajs, David ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Outpatient STI Clinic Medicentrum   (Czech Republic)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Molecular typing; Multilocus analysis; SS14 like strains; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Yaws

Indexed keywords

TAQ POLYMERASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SYPHILIS; TP0304 GENE; TP0346 GENE; TP0488 GENE; TP0515 GENE; TP0558 GENE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84903814432     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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