Yaws Disease Caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue in Wild Chimpanzee, Guinea, 2019

Yaws-like lesions are widely reported in wild African great apes, yet the causative agent has not been confirmed in affected animals. We describe yaws-like lesions in a wild chimpanzee in Guinea for which we demonstrate infection with Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. Assessing the conservation im...

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Autores principales: Mubemba, Benjamin, Chanove, Emeline, Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin, Gogarten, Jan F., Düx, Ariane, Merkel, Kevin, Röthemeier, Caroline, Sachse, Andreas, Rase, Helene, Humle, Tatyana, Banville, Guillaume, Tchoubar, Marine, Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien, Colin, Christelle, Leendertz, Fabian H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7258472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32441635
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.191713
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Sumario:Yaws-like lesions are widely reported in wild African great apes, yet the causative agent has not been confirmed in affected animals. We describe yaws-like lesions in a wild chimpanzee in Guinea for which we demonstrate infection with Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. Assessing the conservation implications of this pathogen requires further research.

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