Molecular subtyping of Treponema pallidum in Paris, France

Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Aug;40(8):641-4. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000006.

Abstract

Two major Treponema pallidum subtypes, 14 d/g and 14 d/f, were identified in a population of 119 patients with syphilis in Paris, France, characterized by a high proportion of men who have sex with men. A new subtype named 11 q/j was characterized, and a reinfection case was determined in 1 patient having consecuitve syphilis infection at 19-month interval.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Coinfection
  • DNA Polymerase I / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • France / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • Homosexuality, Male*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Molecular Typing*
  • Paris / epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sentinel Surveillance
  • Specimen Handling
  • Syphilis / epidemiology
  • Syphilis / microbiology*
  • Treponema pallidum / genetics*
  • Treponema pallidum / isolation & purification

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA Polymerase I