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Weiping Cao

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionORCID 0000-0002-5794-9685Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Allan PillayiD· 2 shared Kendra VilfortiD· 2 shared Alyssa Debra· 1 shared Angel Alberto NodaiD· 1 shared Charles M. ThurlowiD· 1 shared Cheng Chen· 1 shared Christina M. MarraiD· 1 shared Damien C. Danavall· 1 shared

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A new typing scheme demonstrates high discriminatory power for Treponema pallidum subspecies

Marta Pla-Díaz, Lorenzo Giacani, Lauren C. Tantalo, Mahashweta Bose, Tara Brinck Reid, Christina M. Marra, David Šmajs, Petra Pospíšilová, Klára Janečková, Takuya Kawahata, Fumiya Banno, Kendra Vilfort, Weiping Cao, Allan Pillay, Angel Alberto Noda, , Fernando Gónzález‐Candelas

This paper introduces a new MLST scheme for Treponema pallidum subspecies with high discriminatory power, validated using global clinical samples and showing distinct genetic clusters.

bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

Selective whole genome amplification as a tool to enrich specimens with low Treponema pallidum genomic DNA copies for whole genome sequencing

Charles M. Thurlow, Sandeep J. Joseph, Lilia Milkova Ganova-Raeva, Samantha S. Katz, Lara Pereira, Cheng Chen, Alyssa Debra, Kendra Vilfort, Kimberly Workowski, Stephanie E. Cohen, Hilary Reno, Yongcheng Sun, Mark Burroughs, Mili Sheth, Kai-Hua Chi, , Allan Pillay

This paper develops a selective whole genome amplification method to enrich low T. pallidum DNA samples for whole genome sequencing, achieving high coverage and identifying azithromycin resistance mutations.

mSphere · May 2, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics