Multi-locus sequence typing of Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum present in clinical samples from France: Infecting treponemes are genetically diverse and belong to 18 allelic profiles

• Petra Pospíšilová,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Philippe Alain Grange,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut Cochin U1016 Equipe Batteux, Laboratoire de Dermatologie–CNR Syphilis, Faculté de Médecine, Université Sorbonne Paris Descartes, Paris, France

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• Linda Grillová,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Lenka Mikalová,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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• Pervenche Martinet,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Service Prévention Santé Conseil Départemental des Bouches du Rhône, Marseille, France

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• Michel Janier,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Centre des MST, Hôpital Saint-Louis, AP-HP, Paris, France

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• Annie Vermersch,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Jean Bernard, Valenciennes, France

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• Nadjet Benhaddou,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliations Institut Cochin U1016 Equipe Batteux, Laboratoire de Dermatologie–CNR Syphilis, Faculté de Médecine, Université Sorbonne Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Service de Bactériologie, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Centre Cochin-Hôtel Dieu-Broca, Paris, France

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• Pascal Del Giudice,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Service de Dermatologie-Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Inter régional, Fréjus, France

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• Isabelle Alcaraz,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Service Universitaire des Maladies Infectieuses et du Voyageur, Hôpital Dron, Tourcoing, France

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• François Truchetet,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Bel Air, Metz-Thionville, France

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• Nicolas Dupin,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institut Cochin U1016 Equipe Batteux, Laboratoire de Dermatologie–CNR Syphilis, Faculté de Médecine, Université Sorbonne Paris Descartes, Paris, France, Service de Dermatologie-Vénéréologie, Hôpital Cochin–Pavillon Tarnier, AP-HP, Paris, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6237-4951

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• David Šmajs

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dsmajs@med.muni.cz

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4176-3464

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