Treponematosis
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| Endemic treponematoses- Countries with reported data on yaws, bejel, and pinta from 1980 to 2012[1] | |
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| Specialty | Infectious disease |
Treponematosis is a term used to individually describe any of the diseases caused by four members of the bacterial genus Treponema. The four diseases are collectively referred to as treponematoses:[2]
- Syphilis (Treponema pallidum pallidum)
- Yaws (Treponema pallidum pertenue)
- Bejel (Treponema pallidum endemicum)
- Pinta (Treponema carateum)
Traditional laboratory tests cannot distinguish the treponematoses.[3] However, sequence differences among the T. pallidum subspecies have been identified. Molecular approaches involving PCR to identify these sequences are being developed.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mitjà, Oriol; Šmajs, David; Bassat, Quique (2013). "Advances in the diagnosis of endemic treponematoses: yaws, bejel, and pinta". PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 7 (10): e2283. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002283. ISSN 1935-2735. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ Giacani, L.; Lukehart, S. A. (2014). "The Endemic Treponematoses". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 27 (1): 89–115. doi:10.1128/CMR.00070-13. PMC 3910905. PMID 24396138.
- ↑ Marks M, Solomon AW, Mabey DC (October 2014). "Endemic treponemal diseases". Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 108 (10): 601–7. doi:10.1093/trstmh/tru128. PMC 4162659. PMID 25157125.
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