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Importance of extending the use of Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of Venereal syphilis in a blood transfusion center in Burkina Faso, West Africa

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Due to the existence of a variety of types of non-venereal syphilis caused by the related T. pallidum, regular serological testing such as Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) and Chemiluminescent Microparticle Immunoassay Technique (CMIA) are often ...
Abibou Simpore, Cyrille Bisseye, Bolni Marius Nagalo, Mahamoudou Sanou, Yacoub Nébié, Laure Stella Ghoma-Linguissi, Honorine Dahourou, Boukary Sawadogo, Florencia Djigma, Siaka Ouattara, Virginio Pietra, Jason Nichol, Jacques Simpore   +12 more
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Advances in the Treatment of Yaws

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018
Yaws is one of the three endemic treponematoses and is recognised by the World Health Organization as a neglected tropical disease. Yaws is currently reported in 15 countries in the Pacific, South-East Asia, West and Central Africa, predominantly affects
Michael Marks
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Imunopatogenesis Treponema pallidum dan Pemeriksaan Serologi

Jurnal Kesehatan Andalas, 2014
AbstrakSifilis adalah penyakit menular seksual yang sangat infeksius, disebabkan oleh bakteri berbentuk spiral, Treponema pallidum subspesies pallidum.
Efrida ., Elvinawaty .
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Spirochaeta Pallida or Treponema Pallidum?

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1916
ABSTRACT To the Editor: —Dr. Huffman's sweeping condemnation of the editor and me for being in error is so broad that in general it is probably true. We are doubtless in error about a good many things. But specifically as applied to the facts in my letter, I imagine the question is open to more discussion than his cocksureness would indicate. The facts
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Epidemiology of Treponema pallidum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Trichomonas vaginalis, and herpes simplex virus type 2 among female sex workers in the Middle East and North Africa: systematic review and meta-analytics

Journal of Global Health, 2019
Background The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the role of commercial heterosexual sex networks in driving STI transmission in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region remain largely unknown. Objective To characterize the
H. Chemaitelly, H. Weiss, A. Smolak, Elzahraa Majed, L. Abu-Raddad   +4 more
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A public database for the new MLST scheme for Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum: surveillance and epidemiology of the causative agent of syphilis

PeerJ, 2019
Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease with worldwide prevalence. Several different molecular typing schemes are currently available for this pathogen. To enable population biology studies of
L. Grillová, K. Jolley, D. Šmajs, M. Picardeau   +3 more
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Antibiotic Resistance in Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, the Syphilis Agent

DST
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Lorenzo Giacani
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Detection of Congenital Syphilis via Digital PCR and Next-Generation Sequencing, Colombia

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We describe congenital syphilis in a newborn whose mother had secondary syphilis diagnosed during pregnancy and received a single penicillin dose. Molecular methods detected an extremely low Treponema pallidum load in the mother but higher load in the ...
Ana M. Bossa-Castro, Narda M. Olarte Escobar, Ismael Alberto Valderrama Márquez, Deisy Abril, Luis Fuentes, Zayda Lorena Corredor-Rozo, Ruth Liliana López Cruz, Sharon Hassbleidy Ochoa Ramírez, José Alejandro Mojica Madera, Pedro José Ramos Cabrera, Jorge Eliecer Castellanos Corredor, Nidia Aydee Garay Bernal, Ana María Gómez Puentes, Carlos Alberto Morales Pertuz, Javier Escobar-Pérez   +14 more
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Yaws Circulating in Nonhuman Primates, Uganda and Rwanda

Emerging Infectious Diseases
The bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue causes yaws in humans and nonhuman primates. We describe 33% T. pallidum pertenue seropositivity in 9 species of nonhuman primates in Uganda and Rwanda, seroconversion during a lethal outbreak and a novel ...
Tony L. Goldberg, Leah A. Owens, Julius Nziza, Richard Muvunyi, Jessica M. Rothman, Patrick Omeja, Colin A. Chapman   +6 more
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Treponema pallidum Macrolide Resistance and Molecular Epidemiology in Southern Africa, 2008 to 2018

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2021
Johanna M. E. Venter, E. Müller, M. P. Mahlangu, R. Kularatne   +3 more
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