Chancre

Chancroid is a sexually transmitted infection characterized by painful sores on the genitalia. Chancroid is known to be spread from one to another individual through sexual contact. (From the Wikpedia article Chancre.)

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Recent Publications on Chancre:
Perivascular cuff and spread of Treponema pallidum. BACKGROUND: The incidence of syphilis is on the rise in many cities...	20th January, 2010	Department of Dermatopathology, University Hospital of Liege, Liege,	Dermatology. 2009;219(3):259-62. Epub 2009 Sep 16. DOI Direct Link
The epidemiological and clinical presentation of syphilis in a venereal disease centre in Paris, France. A cohort study of 284 consecutive cases over the period 2000-2007. Since 2000, the incidence of syphilis has risen in developed countries. An...	6th January, 2010	Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Pavillon Tarnier, Hopital	Eur J Dermatol. 2009 Sep-Oct;19(5):484-9. DOI Direct Link
Squamous cell carcinoma arising from long-term (50-year) Lupus vulgaris: is there a need for a close medical follow-up in such chronic diseases? Skin manifestations of tuberculous infection (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)...	5th January, 2010	Pathology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of L'Aquila,	Infez Med. 2009 Dec;17(4):249-53.
Clinical and serologic baseline and follow-up features of syphilis according to HIV status in the post-HAART era. There is a lack of large studies appraising the effect of the human...	16th December, 2009	Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Hopital Cochin-Pavillon	Medicine (Baltimore). 2009 Nov;88(6):331-40. DOI Direct Link
Resurgence of syphilis: a diagnosis based on unusual oral mucosa lesions. BACKGROUND: Known as "the great imitator," secondary syphilis may...	16th December, 2009	Department Oral Sciences, Section of Oral Medicine, University of Palermo,	Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2009 Sep;108(3):e45-9. DOI Direct Link
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Chancre Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
5840771	Prophylaxis against diseases tramsmittable by sexual contact, and therapy of such diseases
6159174	Method of using lectins for therapy of diseases transmittable by sexual contact
6177243	Nucleic acid sequence detection employing amplification probes
6210462	Method and apparatus for making metallic iron
6239906	Flexible microscope slide
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