Multiple alleles of Treponema pallidum repeat gene D in Treponema pallidum isolates.

ABSTRACT: Two new tprD alleles have been identified in Treponema pallidum: tprD2 is found in 7 of 12 T. pallidum subsp. pallidum isolates and 7 of 8 non-pallidum isolates, and tprD3 is found in one T. pallidum subsp. pertenue isolate. Antibodies against TprD2 are found in persons with syphilis, demonstrating that tprD2 is expressed during infection.

SUBMITTER: Centurion-Lara A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC111288 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature