In vitro cultivation of Treponema Pallidum: New tool to study physiology and genetics of the syphilis agent

• Authors: BOSÁK Juraj; HRALA Matěj; VRBOVÁ Eliška; MEDAPPA Monica; POSPÍŠILOVÁ Petra; ŠMAJS David
• Year of publication: 2023
• Type: Conference abstract
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine

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• In_vitro_cultivation_of_Treponema_Pallidum_New_tool_to_study_physiology_and_genetics_of_the_syphilis_agent.pdf

• Description: Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum si the causative agent of syphilis, a sexually transmitted human disease with over 6 million new syphilis cases per year worldwide. There are two genetically distinct groups of strains denoted as Nichols-like strains and SS14-like strains.

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