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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Pan Troglodytes Treponema Treponema Pallidum Yaws
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(6):1283-1286
• Pubmed ID:
  32441635
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7258472
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Guinea
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7949581b87b7a1dcfbfe4aa55e61403a034b75c91142985cd119c2132558ec13
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/88888/cdc_88888_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.22 MB ]