Treponema - Wikipedia Treponema is a genus of spiral-shaped bacteria The major treponeme species of human pathogens is Treponema pallidum , whose subspecies are responsible for diseases such as syphilis , bejel , and yaws
Treponema - Medical Microbiology - NCBI Bookshelf Treponemes are highly invasive pathogens which often disseminate relatively soon after inoculation Evasion of host immune responses appears to be, at least in part, due to the unique structure of the treponemal outer membrane (i e , its extremely low content of surface-exposed proteins)
Syphilis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Vivien Williams: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum Dr Stacey Rizza, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic, says syphilis affects men and women and can present in various stages
Treponema - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics The genus Treponema (Krieg et al , 2010) comprises several human pathogens that cause chronic infections including several species of oral treponemes (e g Treponema denticola, Treponema parvum, and Treponema putidum; Visser and Ellen, 2011)
Yaws: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis Treatment - Cleveland Clinic Yaws is a skin disease you get from the bacteria Treponema pallidum pertenue You get it through contact with the broken skin of someone who has it It causes skin growths that can spread and cause serious damage to your skin, bones and tissues if left untreated
Treponema - PubMed The genus Treponema contains both pathogenic and nonpathogenic species Human pathogens cause four treponematoses: syphilis ( T pallidum subsp pallidum ), yaws ( T pallidum subsp pertenue ), endemic syphilis ( T pallidum subsp endemicum ), and pinta ( T carateum )
Treponema pallidum - Wikipedia Treponema pallidum, formerly known as Spirochaeta pallida, [a] is a microaerophilic, gram-negative, spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that cause the diseases syphilis, bejel (also known as endemic syphilis), and yaws [2] It is known to be transmitted only among humans and baboons [3]
The Endemic Treponematoses - PMC The agents of human treponematoses include four closely related members of the genus Treponema: three subspecies of Treponema pallidum plus Treponema carateum T pallidum subsp pallidum causes venereal syphilis, while T pallidum subsp pertenue,