Validation of serological tests for the detection of antibodies against Treponema pallidum in nonhuman primates.

• Main Authors: Sascha Knauf (Author), Franziska Dahlmann (Author), Emmanuel K Batamuzi (Author), Sieghard Frischmann (Author), Hsi Liu (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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There is evidence to suggest that the yaws bacterium (Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue) may exist in non-human primate populations residing in regions where yaws is endemic in humans. Especially in light of the fact that the World Health Organizaiton (WHO) recently launched its second yaws eradicati...