Molecular epidemiology of syphilis in Scotland

Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium malmoense infections in Scotland.

Clinical isolates of Mycobacterium malmoense collected over 5 years from patients across Scotland with a variety of diseases have been characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), ribotyping, and 16S ribosomal DNA gene sequencing. Results indicate that this species harbors little genetic diversity and that the different strain types that were identified by PFGE showed no correlatio...

Molecular Epidemiology of Human Papillomavirus in Pterygium

Abstract Background and Objective: Ophthalmic pterygium is a potentially vision-threatening lesion of unknown etiology that often extends on the corneal surface and has a worldwide distribution. Despite various studies, the pathogenesis of pterygium remains unclear and the involvement of human papillomavirus is controversial. We aimed to investigate the involvement of papillomavirus in pte...

Studies in syphilis epidemiology.

The venereal disease control programme in the United States has as one of its objectives the eradication of syphilis from the country by 1972, by continuous reduction of the reservoir of infection through case-finding and early treatment. Studies are now in progress to construct quantitative models of the relationship between the effort expended in control and eradication measures and the effec...

Molecular epidemiology of syphilis--San Francisco, 2004-2007.

We describe the molecular epidemiology of syphilis in San Francisco (SF) using Treponema pallidum specimens obtained from patients examined at the SF municipal sexually transmitted diseases clinic during 2004-2007. Of 69 specimens, 52 (75%) were subtype 14d9. Single subtype predominance might reflect a closely linked sexual network in SF.

The Epidemiology of MRSA in Scotland