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'''Treponema Pallidum''' is a spirochete bacteria that has two subspecies that cause human disease. These are T. pallidum subspecies pallidum, which causes [[venereal disease|venereal]] syphilis; and T. pallidum subspecies pertenue, which causes yaws. | '''Treponema Pallidum''' is a spirochete bacteria that has two subspecies that cause human disease. These are T. pallidum subspecies pallidum, which causes [[venereal disease|venereal]] syphilis; and T. pallidum subspecies pertenue, which causes yaws. | ||
Spirochaetales | |||
==References== | |||
Sheila A. Lukehart. Chapter 153. "Syphilis" ''in'' Dennis L. Kasper, Eugene Braunwald, Anthony S. Fauci, Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, J. Larry Jameson, and Kurt J. Isselbacher, Eds.Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition | |||
==Further reading== | |||
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Revision as of 13:17, 6 June 2007
Treponema Pallidum is a spirochete bacteria that has two subspecies that cause human disease. These are T. pallidum subspecies pallidum, which causes venereal syphilis; and T. pallidum subspecies pertenue, which causes yaws.
Spirochaetales
References
Sheila A. Lukehart. Chapter 153. "Syphilis" in Dennis L. Kasper, Eugene Braunwald, Anthony S. Fauci, Stephen L. Hauser, Dan L. Longo, J. Larry Jameson, and Kurt J. Isselbacher, Eds.Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th Edition