Treponema pallidum Infection in the Wild Baboons of East Africa: Distribution and Genetic Characterization of the Strains Responsible

Treponema pallidum Infection in the Wild Baboons of East Africa: Distribution and Genetic Characterization of the Strains Responsible

It has been known for decades that wild baboons are naturally infected with Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes the diseases syphilis (subsp. pallidum), yaws (subsp. pertenue), and bejel (subsp. endemicum) in humans. Recently, a form of T. pallidum infection associated with severe genital...

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Main Authors: Harper, Kristin N., Fyumagwa, Robert D., Hoare, Richard, Wambura, Philemon N., Coppenhaver, Dorian H., Sapolsky, Robert M., Alberts, Susan C., Tung, Jenny, Rogers, Jeffrey, Kilewo, Morris, Batamuzi, Emmanuel K., Leendertz, Fabian H., Armelagos, George J., Knauf, Sascha
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3527465/

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