High prevalence and genetic diversity of Treponema paraluisleporidarum isolates in European lagomorphs
The bacterium Treponema paraluisleporidarum causes syphilis in lagomorphs. In a set of 1,095 samples from four species—European brown hare, mountain hare, Corsican hare, and European rabbit—we tested for infection and genotyped the strains that infect wild lagomorphs. Samples originate from Sweden,...
Published in: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
2023
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Online Access: | https://is.muni.cz/publication/2355283 https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01774-23 |