"These findings demonstrate that despite extremely close genetic relationships between T. pallidum genomes globally, genomics can still be used to identify putative transmission clusters for epidemiological follow-up, and therefore has a role to play in informing public health interventions"

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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.02.22283031v1