Non-venereal treponematoses: Pinta
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#DDNY)
From the Spanish meaning "painted", pinta is an acute and chronic non-venereal treponemal infection of the skin. It is caused by the spirochete Treponema carateum. Pinta is found in rural areas of tropical America where people live in crowded, unhygienic conditions. Once a problem with the Amazonian populations of South America and also of Central ["]
