Treponema Pallidum. A Bibliographical Review of the Morphology, Culture and Survival of T. pallidum and Associated Organisms.

R. R. Willcox; THORSTEIN GUTHE

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-66-6-1307_8

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Treponema Pallidum. A Bibliographical Review of the Morphology, Culture and Survival of T. pallidum and Associated Organisms.

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Authors: Willcox, R. R., & GUTHE, T.
Venue: Annals of Internal Medicine
Publisher: American College of Physicians
Published: 1967-06-01
Volume: 66
Issue: 6
Pages: 1307-1307
ISSN: 0003-4819 (ISSN-L)
1539-3704
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-66-6-1307_8
PMC: PMC2476155
OpenAlex: W99223709
Cited by: 72
References: 0
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
Type: book review
Language: en
Open access: green
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Licence: www.acpjournals.org/journal/aim/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
Locations: Annals of Internal Medicine (publishedVersion)
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Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Reproductive tract infections research
Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Historical Medical Research and Treatments
Keywords: Treponema pallidum, yaws, bacterial culture, bacterial survival
MeSH terms: Animals, Humans, Treponema pallidum, Treponemal Infections

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