Molecular Typing of Treponema pallidum in Ocular Syphilis

BACKGROUND: Syphilis can have many clinical manifestations, including eye involvement, or ‘ocular syphilis’. In 2015, an increase in reported cases of ocular syphilis and potential case clusters raised concern for an oculotropic strain of Treponema pallidum, the infectious agent of syphilis. Molecul...

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Published in:Sex Transm Dis
Main Authors: Oliver, S., Sahi, S.K., Tantalo, L.C., Godornes, C., Neblett-Fanfair, R., Markowitz, L.E., Lukehart, S.A., Marra, C.M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253705/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27419819
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000478
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