Treponematoses

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
טרפונמטוזות
Name (Latin)
Treponematoses
Name (Arabic)
داء اللولبيات
Other forms of name
Treponemal infections
nne Treponematosis
See Also From tracing topical name
Spirochaetosis
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1243869
Library of congress: sh 85137299

Wikipedia description:

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: Syphilis (Treponema pallidum pallidum) Yaws (Treponema pallidum pertenue) Bejel (Treponema pallidum endemicum) Pinta (Treponema carateum) Traditional laboratory tests cannot distinguish the treponematoses. However, sequence differences among the T. pallidum subspecies have been identified. Molecular approaches involving PCR to identify these sequences are being developed.

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