Haemophilus ducreyi Cutaneous Ulcer Strains Diverged from Both Class I and Class II Genital Ulcer Strains: Implications for Epidemiological Studies

Dharanesh Gangaiah; Stanley M. Spinola

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005259

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Haemophilus ducreyi Cutaneous Ulcer Strains Diverged from Both Class I and Class II Genital Ulcer Strains: Implications for Epidemiological Studies

Dharanesh Gangaiah,

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Stanley M. Spinola

* E-mail: sspinola@iupui.edu

Affiliations Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3435-9911

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Haemophilus ducreyi Cutaneous Ulcer Strains Diverged from Both Class I and Class II Genital Ulcer Strains: Implications for Epidemiological Studies

Dharanesh Gangaiah,
Stanley M. Spinola

Published: December 27, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005259

About the Authors

Dharanesh Gangaiah

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Stanley M. Spinola

* E-mail: sspinola@iupui.edu

Affiliations Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3435-9911

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SMS DG. Data curation: DG. Formal analysis: DG. Funding acquisition: SMS. Investigation: DG SMS. Methodology: DG. Project administration: SMS. Resources: SMS. Software: DG. Supervision: DG SMS. Validation: DG. Visualization: DG. Writing – original draft: DG. Writing – review & editing: DG SMS.

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