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Clinical periodontal diagnosis

Periodontology 2000, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi, Andrea Roccuzzo, Jean‐Claude Imber, Alexandra Stähli, Björn Klinge, Niklaus P. Lang   +5 more
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Phylogeny and antibiotic resistance of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum [PDF]

Клиническая микробиология и антимикробная химиотерапия, 2023
The species Treponema pallidum includes 4 subspecies. According to the bioinformatic analysis, the syphilis pathogen T. pallidum subsp. pallidum was probably separated from the causative agents of yaws, bejel, and pinta more than 800 years ago. Its entry
Nosov N.Yu., Obraztsova O.A., Katunin G.L., Plakhova K.I., Solomka V.S.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A sero-epidemiological approach to explore transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans [PDF]

, 2016
The debilitating skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU) is caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. While various hypotheses on potential reservoirs and vectors of M. ulcerans exist, the mode of transmission has remained unclear.
Ampah, Kobina Assan, Asare, Prince, De-Graft, Daniel, Kerber, Sarah, Nickel, Beatrice, Pluschke, Gerd, Ross, Amanda, Röltgen, Katharina, Singh, Mahavir, Spallek, Ralf, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy   +10 more
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Prevalence study of yaws in the Democratic Republic of Congo using the lot quality assurance sampling method. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Until the 1970s the prevalence of non-venereal trepanomatosis, including yaws, was greatly reduced after worldwide mass treatment. In 2005, cases were again reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We carried out a survey to estimate
Dhorda, M, Ferradini, L, Gerstl, S, Guerin, P J, Ilunga, B K, Kiwila, G, Lemasson, D, Lonlas, S, Myatt, M, Szumilin, E   +9 more
core   +10 more sources

The prevalence and associated factors of among HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals who attended voluntary counseling and testing center of St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study design

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Background: Treponema pallidum and HIV are among the most common public health problems in Ethiopia. These infections are interrelated. Treponema pallidum causes genital ulcer which enhances HIV transmission and complicates HIV by causing severe ulcer ...
Habtamu Weldesenbet, Daniel Asrat, Yimtubezinash Weldeamanuel   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seroprevalence with epidemiological determinants of hepatitis C virus and Treponema pallidum infection in blood donors of a teaching hospital in southwest Punjab, India: A 5-year study

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2023
Background: A high seroprevalence of various transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) in donated blood is the main safety concern, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
Nidhi Bansal, Anshul Gupta, Tanvir K. Sidhu, Ram Niwas Maharishi, Saurabh Gupta, Arnav K. Roychoudhury   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with syphilis: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Background Crescentic glomerulonephritis with syphilis infection is rare, and the mechanism underlying the formation of glomerular capillary wall damage-induced crescent has not been elucidated. Case presentation A 62-year-old Japanese male showed edema,
Akiko Kaiga, Yuka Sato, Haruna Arakawa, Tatemitsu Rai, Akihiro Tojo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Notes on syphilis vaccine development

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
The quest for a syphilis vaccine to provide protection from infection or disease began not long after the isolation of the first Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (T. pallidum) strain in 1912.
Noah Kojima, Kelika A. Konda, Kelika A. Konda, Jeffrey D. Klausner   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Syphilis and the host: multi-omic analysis of host cellular responses to Treponema pallidum provides novel insight into syphilis pathogenesis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionSyphilis is a chronic, multi-stage infection caused by the extracellular bacterium Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum. Treponema pallidum widely disseminates through the vasculature, crosses endothelial, blood–brain and placental barriers, and ...
Sean Waugh, Akash Ranasinghe, Alloysius Gomez, Simon Houston, Karen V. Lithgow, Azad Eshghi, Jenna Fleetwood, Kate M. E. Conway, Lisa A. Reynolds, Caroline E. Cameron, Caroline E. Cameron   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hybrid cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies directed against Treponema [PDF]

, 1985
Continuous hybrid cell lines for producing monoclonal antibodies directed against antigens of Treponema pallidum have been developed. The hybrid cell lines were established by fusing differentiated lymphoid cells primed with antigens of Treponema ...
Kettman, John R., Norgard, Michael V.
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