Open AccessNovel tp0548 Sequence-Type of Treponema pallidum Identified in Barcelona, Spain
Author(s) -
Candela FernándezNaval,
Maider Arando,
Mateu Espasa,
Andrés Antón,
Laura Gimferrer,
María Piñana,
Miguel Fernández-Huerta,
Juan José González-López,
Judit Serra-Pladevall,
Tomàs Pumarola,
Martí Vall-Mayans,
Juliana Esperalba
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000947
Subject(s) - treponema , medicine , syphilis , typing , sequence (biology) , type (biology) , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , ecology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
A novel tp0548 sequence-type of Treponema pallidum has been identified in a genital ulcer sample collected from a patient diagnosed with primary syphilis at the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona. Following the nomenclature used in the Enhanced Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Typing methodology, letter "z" has been assigned to the new sequence type.