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. 2021 Oct 12;10(10):1036. doi: 10.3390/biology10101036

Table 2.

List of endemic nonvenereal treponematoses.

Disease Treponema Species Symptoms Reference
Bejel (or endemic syphilis) Treponema pallidum sp. endemicum Mouth ulcers, mutilating nodules in bone [21]
Yaws Treponema. pallidum sp. pertenue Ulcers and papilloma, mainly children [22]
Pinta Treponema carateum Itchy patches, skin pigmentary changes [23]
Noma (Cancrum oris) Treponema (Borrelia) vincentii and Fusobacterium necrophorum and others Orofacial gangrene, mainly children [24,25,26]