Abstract
The several diseases discussed in this chapter are endemic among primitive peoples in certain geographic areas of the world and are referred to as the “endemic treponematoses”. They are considered as a group because they are acquired in childhood, have a pattern of “herd infection”, are characterized by cutaneous manifestations, and in some instances produce destructive late sequelae. They are especially intriguing in that they are caused by treponemes that cannot be distinguished morphologically from those of syphilis, give positive reactions in serological tests for syphilis (STSs), and respond to antisvphilitic treatment.
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Kampmeier, R.H. (1982). Treponematoses Other Than Syphilis. In: Evans, A.S., Feldman, H.A. (eds) Bacterial Infections of Humans. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1140-0_31
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