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Ancient Syphilis Genomics Study Suggests Disease Origin in the Americas

Researchers linked bacterial isolates causing syphilis, yaws, and bejel to the Americas through sequencing of ancient DNA samples from Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Chile.

NIH Awards $2.4M to Improve Syphilis Diagnostics

The 10 awards cover different novel diagnostic approaches as well as biomarker discovery and pre-analytical methods.

OraSure Technologies Beats Q4 Revenue Estimates, Inks Distribution Deal for Syphilis Rapid Test

The company also said it will distribute Diagnostics Direct's Syphilis Health Check rapid diagnostic test under a new agreement.

Genomic Epidemiology of Syphilis in England Reveals Sexual Networks, Drug Resistance Patterns

Investigators from the Wellcome Sanger Institute analyzed previously sequenced whole T. pallidum genomes from 237 syphilis patients to understand disease transmission.

Ancient Treponema Genomes Suggest Path for Refining Syphilis, Yaws Origins

From infant skeletal remains going back hundreds of years, a team produced three Treponema pallidum genomes, representing both syphilis- and yaws-causing sub-species.