Low genetic diversity of Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue (TPE) isolated from patients' ulcers in Namatanai District of Papua New Guinea: Local human population is infected by three TPE genotypes.

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"The work was partly funded by the National Institute of Virology and Bacteriology (Programme EXCELES, ID Project No. LX22NPO5103, Funded by the European Union - Next Generation EU, https://next-generation-eu.europa.eu/) to DS. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript."