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. 1955;13(2):299–322.

Mal del pinto in Mexico*

Francisco Marquez, Charles R Rein, Oswaldo Arias
PMCID: PMC2538003  PMID: 13260889

Abstract

This report deals with the geographical distribution, prevalence, epidemiology, etiology, serological, clinical, and histopathological features, and treatment of mal del pinto, or pinta, in Mexico.

Repository penicillin preparations (PAM and Panbiotic) have been found highly effective in the treatment of this endemic, non-venereal treponematosis.

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