Epidemic of multiple Treponema pallidum strains in men who have sex with men in Japan: efficient multi-locus sequence typing scheme and indicator biomarkers - Sato, Wakana; Sedohara, Ayako; Koga, Michiko; Nakagama, Yu; Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi; Kido, Yasutoshi; Adachi, Eisuke (AIDS research and therapy, 2024)
Keywords: Adult; Analysis; Asymptomatic; Bacteremia; Bacteremia - epidemiology; Bacteremia - microbiology; Bejel; Biological analysis; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; Blood; Blood circulation; C-reactive protein; Disease transmission; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Genomes; Genotype; Health aspects; HIV; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - microbiology; Homosexuality, Male; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Laboratories; Male; Maximum likelihood method; Middle Aged; Molecular Epidemiology; MSM (Men who have sex with men); Multi-locus sequence typing; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Prevention; Psychological aspects; Serology; Sexually transmitted diseases; Social aspects; STD; Syphilis; Syphilis - epidemiology; Syphilis - microbiology; Treponema pallidum; Treponema pallidum - classification; Treponema pallidum - genetics; Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum; Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum; Japan; Germany; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum; Multi-locus sequence typing; Treponema pallidum subsp. endemicum; Bejel