SpirocheteA spiral-shaped bacterium. The
bacteria that cause
Lyme disease and
syphilis, for example, are
spirochetes.
Full article >>>or frambesia, tropical
infection of the
skin caused by a
spirochete (Treponema pertenue) closely related to that causing
syphilis.
Yaws, however, is not a
sexually transmitted disease, i.e.
Full article >>>Syphilis In Women -
Syphilis, a
sexually transmitted disease, is caused by a microscopic, wormlike
bacterial organism called a
spirochete. There are three stages of
syphilis. The
first involves the formation of the
chancre.
Full article >>>We study Treponema pallidum, the
spirochete bacterium that causes
syphilis, and Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoan that causes
Chagas disease in Latin America.
Full article >>>Yaws infection is very similar to
syphilis, which is caused by another
spirochete called Treponema pallidum. However, unlike
syphilis,
yaws is not a sexually transmitted
infection.
Full article >>>Syphilis is an
infectious disease caused by the
spirochete Treponema pallidum, which penetrates broken
skin or mucous
membranes. Transmission occurs most frequently by sexual contact.
Full article >>> Nearly any group of
pathogens, such as
bacteria,
virus,
rickettsia,
spirochetes, and fungi, can cause
infection.
Full article >>>Syphilis is a
multisystem
infectious disease caused by the corkscrew-shaped bacterium (
spirochete), Treponema pallidum. This
organism causes
infection when it penetrates broken or abraded
skin or mucous
membranes, usually of the
genitals.
Full article >>>CAUSES"This is an
infectious disease caused by the leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae, a
spirochete bacteria. Rats, dogs, and various wild animals carry it.
Full article >>>If you are bitten by a tick that tests positive for
spirochetes.
If you are bitten by a tick and have any of the symptoms.
If you are bitten by a tick and are pregnant.
Full article >>>ALEX McMEEKING, MD:
Lyme disease is a
bacterial infection that's spread by a type of
bacteria called a
spirochete. The particular name of this one is called
Borrelia burgdorferi. It's a big, long name.
Full article >>>SYPHILIS - A
sexually transmitted disease caused by the
spirochete, Treponema pallidum. May also be acquired
prenatally (
fetal infection).
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Full article >>>Syphilis is a sexually-transmitted
infectious disease caused by the
spirochete Treponema pallidum.
Syphilis has three main stages:
primary syphilis, secondary
syphilis, and tertiary
syphilis.
Full article >>>SYPHILIS: A
disease-primarily sexually transmitted-resulting from
infection with the
spirochete Treponema pallidum (a bacterium).
Syphilis can also be acquired in the
uterus during
pregnancy.
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