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. 1975 Feb;51(1):10–18. doi: 10.1136/sti.51.1.10

Treponema pallidum in nerve fibres.

N M Ovcinnikov, V V Delektorskij
PMCID: PMC1045100  PMID: 1092423

Abstract

Ultrathin sections of a rabbit scrotal syphiloma were examined by electron microscopy. Treponemes were observed in the endo-, peri-, and epineurium of the nerve fibre. The significance of these findings, in that infection may be transmitted via the nerve fibres and pain reduced by damage to the afferent fibres, are discussed.

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