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Treponema pallidum (Syphilis)
Four diseases are associated with pathogenic treponemes: (1) venereal syphilis, caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum ; (2) yaws, caused by T. pallidum subsp. pertenue ; (3) endemic syphilis, or bejel, caused by T. pallidum subsp. endemicum ; and (4)…