Geographically structured genomic diversity of non-human primate-infecting Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue
Benjamin Mubemba, Jan F. Gogarten, Verena J. Schuenemann, Ariane Düx, Alexander K. Lang, Kathrin Nowak, Kamilla Pléh, Ella Reiter, Markus Ulrich, Anthony Agbor, Gregory Brazzola, Tobias Deschner, Paula Dieguez, Anne‐Céline Granjon, Sorrel C. Z. Jones, , Sébastien Calvignac‐Spencer
The paper characterizes the genomic diversity of Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue in non-human primates across sub-Saharan Africa, finding geographic clustering of strains rather than host or symptom-based clades.
Microbial Genomics · Oct 30, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics