Treponemal infection in nonhuman primates as possible reservoir for human yaws

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Dec;19(12):2058-60. doi: 10.3201/eid1912.130863.
No abstract available

Keywords: Africa; World Health Organization; bacteria; eradication; nonhuman primates; pallidum; pertenue; syphilis; treponeme; yaws; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Reservoirs*
  • Humans
  • Monkey Diseases / microbiology
  • Monkey Diseases / prevention & control
  • Monkey Diseases / transmission*
  • Primates / microbiology*
  • Treponema pallidum
  • Treponemal Infections / veterinary*
  • Yaws / microbiology
  • Yaws / transmission*