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: Kristin N Harper, Robert D Fyumagwa, Richard Hoare, Philemon N Wambura, Dorian H Coppenhaver, Robert M Sapolsky, Susan C Alberts, Jenny Tung, Jeffrey Rogers, Morris Kilewo, Emmanuel K Batamuzi, Fabian H Leendertz, George J Armelagos, Sascha Knauf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3527465?pdf=render

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