syphilis

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yaws is a disease of the wet tropics and endemic syphilis [treponarid] of dry, arid regions.
On the Origin of the Human Treponematoses (Pinta, Yaws, Endemic Syphilis and Venereal Syphilis).
This paper proposes that the elimination of endemic syphilis should be adopted as one of Canada's national goals for prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STI).
To the Editor: Endemic syphilis, also known as bejel, is a nonvenereal treponematosis with onset in early childhood; the disease is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp.
Although some are sceptical of the goal of eradicating transmission of endemic syphilis, such an achievement is not without precedent.
Yaws and endemic syphilis. Eradication of yaws and endemic syphilis is not feasible under present conditions.
endemicum is the causative agent of endemic syphilis, also called nonvenereal syphilis.