Affiliation:
1. Departments of Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7185
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Two new
tprD
alleles have been identified in
Treponema pallidum
:
tprD2
is found in 7 of 12
T. pallidum
subsp.
pallidum
isolates and 7 of 8 non-
pallidum
isolates, and
tprD3
is found in one
T. pallidum
subsp.
pertenue
isolate. Antibodies against TprD2 are found in persons with syphilis, demonstrating that
tprD2
is expressed during infection.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
Cited by
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