Origin of modern syphilis and emergence of a pandemic Treponema pallidum cluster

…, A Herbig, M Strouhal, L Grillová, L Sánchez-Busó… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The abrupt onslaught of the syphilis pandemic that started in the late fifteenth century
established this devastating infectious disease as one of the most feared in human history 1. …

[HTML][HTML] Whole Genome Sequences of Three Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue Strains: Yaws and Syphilis Treponemes Differ in Less than 0.2% of the Genome …

…, M Strouhal, X Qin, L Mikalova… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The yaws treponemes, Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue (TPE) strains, are
closely related to syphilis causing strains of Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum (TPA). Both …

Vimentin as antigenic target in autoimmunity: A comprehensive review

…, O Tkachenko, B Gilburd, A Mazing, L Mikhailova… - Autoimmunity …, 2018 - Elsevier
Vimentin is a protein of intermediate filament family, which is expressed in all mesenchymal
cells. Vimentin plays a key role in the physiology of the cell, cellular interactions and the …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular characterization of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum in Switzerland and France with a new multilocus sequence typing scheme

L Grillová, T Bawa, L Mikalova, A Gayet-Ageron… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
… For subtype”L” the number of identified samples is not known [37]. Subtype”J” does not … Ke
W, Molini BJ, Lukehart SA, Giacani L. Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum TP0136 protein is …

[HTML][HTML] Whole Genome Sequence of Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum, Strain Mexico A, Suggests Recombination between Yaws and Syphilis Strains

…, L Mikalová, P Pospíšilová, M Strouhal, L Chen… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
… The TPA Mexico A strain used in this study was kindly provided by David L. Cox, CDC,
Atlanta, GA, USA. The DNA was amplified directly from 1 µl of cells (10 5 cells per µl) frozen in …

Molecular typing of Treponema pallidum in the Czech Republic during 2011 to 2013: increased prevalence of identified genotypes and of isolates with macrolide …

L Grillová, H Pĕtrošová, L Mikalová… - Journal of clinical …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
From January 2011 to December 2013, a total of 262 samples, from 188 patients suspected
of having syphilis were tested for the presence of treponemal DNA by PCR amplification of …

[HTML][HTML] Resequencing of Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum Strains Nichols and SS14: Correction of Sequencing Errors Resulted in Increased Separation of …

…, M Strouhal, D Čejková, M Zobaníková, L Mikalová… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum (TPA), the causative agent of syphilis, is a
highly clonal bacterium showing minimal genetic variability in the genome sequence of …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteriocin-encoding genes and ExPEC virulence determinants are associated in human fecal Escherichia coli strains

L Micenková, B Štaudová, J Bosák, L Mikalová… - BMC microbiology, 2014 - Springer
… In contrast to other bacteriocin determinants, genes encoding colicins A, E4, E9 and L were
not detected in any producer strain. Most of bacteriocin producers were strains producing …

[PDF][PDF] Sequencing-based molecular typing of Treponema pallidum strains in the Czech Republic: all identified genotypes are related to the sequence of the SS14 …

…, P Pospíšilová, L Mikalová… - Acta dermato …, 2012 - medicaljournalssweden.se
A set of 415 clinical samples isolated from 294 patients suspected of having syphilis collected
in the Czech Republic between 2004 and 2010 was tested for the presence of treponemal …

[HTML][HTML] Whole Genome Sequence of the Treponema Fribourg-Blanc: Unspecified Simian Isolate Is Highly Similar to the Yaws Subspecies

…, L Mikalová, D Čejková, L Ambrožová… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Unclassified simian strain Treponema Fribourg-Blanc was isolated in 1966
from baboons (Papio cynocephalus) in West Africa. This strain was morphologically …