Candidate Treponema pallidum biomarkers uncovered in urine from individuals with syphilis using mass spectrometry.

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This is the first account of direct T. pallidum protein detection in human clinical samples using mass spectrometry. The implications of these findings for future diagnostic test development is discussed. 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