Syphilis: Treponema pallidum likely uses a single gene to escape the immune system, according to researchers

The bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum, likely uses a single gene to escape the immune system, research from UW Medicine in Seattle suggests. The finding may help explain how syphilis can hide in the body for decades, thereby frustrating the immune system's attempts to eradicate it. It might also account for the bacterium's ability to ["]

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