Table 2.
List of endemic nonvenereal treponematoses.
Disease | Treponema Species | Symptoms | Reference |
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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] |