Yaws Disease Caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue in Wild Chimpanzee, Guinea, 2019

Yaws Disease Caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue in Wild Chimpanzee, Guinea, 2019

Yaws-like lesions are widely reported in wild African great apes, yet the causative agent has not been confirmed in affected animals. We describe yaws-like lesions in a wild chimpanzee in Guinea for which we demonstrate infection with Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. Assessing the conservation im...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Mubemba, Emeline Chanove, Kerstin Mätz-Rensing, Jan F. Gogarten, Ariane Düx, Kevin Merkel, Caroline Röthemeier, Andreas Sachse, Helene Rase, Tatyana Humle, Guillaume Banville, Marine Tchoubar, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Christelle Colin, Fabian H. Leendertz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
yaws disease
chimpanzee
Treponema pallidum
bacteria
Guinea
Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/19-1713_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/19-1713_article

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