Whole genome sequences of three Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue strains: yaws and syphilis treponemes differ in less than 0.2% of the genome sequence.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Darina Cejková, Marie Zobaníková, Lei Chen, Petra Pospíšilová, Michal Strouhal, Xiang Qin, Lenka Mikalová, Steven J Norris, Donna M Muzny, Richard A Gibbs, Lucinda L Fulton, Erica Sodergren, George M Weinstock, David Smajs
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Gauthier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001471; https://doaj.org/article/c901126251d4478693e9ab11133a6356

The yaws treponemes, Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue (TPE) strains, are closely related to syphilis causing strains of Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum (TPA). Both yaws and syphilis are distinguished on the basis of epidemiological characteristics, clinical symptoms, and several genetic signatures...