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Diagnostics for Yaws Eradication: Insights From Direct Next-Generation Sequencing of Cutaneous Strai...

Diagnostics for Yaws Eradication: Insights From Direct Next-Generation Sequencing of Cutaneous Strai...

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Diagnostics for Yaws Eradication: Insights From Direct Next-Generation Sequencing of Cutaneous Strains of Treponema pallidum

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Diagnostics for Yaws Eradication: Insights From Direct Next-Generation Sequencing of Cutaneous Strains of Treponema pallidum

Publisher

United States: Oxford University Press

Journal title

Clinical infectious diseases, 2018-03, Vol.66 (6), p.818-824

Language

English

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United States: Oxford University Press

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Contents

Yaws-like chronic ulcers can be caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, Haemophilus ducreyi, or other, still-undefined bacteria. To permit accurate evaluation of yaws elimination efforts, programmatic use of molecular diagnostics is required. The accuracy and sensitivity of current tools remain unclear because our understanding of T. pall...

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Diagnostics for Yaws Eradication: Insights From Direct Next-Generation Sequencing of Cutaneous Strains of Treponema pallidum

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5848336

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5848336

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ISSN

1058-4838

E-ISSN

1537-6591

DOI

10.1093/cid/cix892

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