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May 16, 2024Acta TropicaOpen Access

Coinfection of a Yaws Patient with Two Closely Related Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue Strains: a rare event with potential evolutionary implications

Monica Medappa Petra Pospíšilová Lucy N. John Camila González-Beiras Natàlia Casamitjana David Šmajs

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The etiological agent of yaws is the spirochete Treponema pallidum (TP) subsp. pertenue (TPE) and infects the children of Papua New Guinea, causing ulcerative skin lesions that impairs normal growth and development. Closely related strains of Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue, J

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synapsesocial.com/papers/68e69c33b6db64358762172e https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107254

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