Ancient bacterial genomes reveal a high diversity of Treponema pallidum strains in early modern Europe
Syphilis is a globally re-emerging disease, which has marked European history with a devastating epidemic at the end of the 15th century. Together with non-venereal treponemal diseases, like bejel and yaws, which are found today in subtropical and tropical regions, it currently poses a substantial h...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Cell Press
2020
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