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Syphilis: Evolution
Due to Social Changes
Pinta, or the “blue stain disease”, is a childhood
by Alice Neikirk
Abstract
The spiral shaped bacterium Treponema
pinta is frequently considered to be the first strand
environments have little need for clothes, therefore
a sedentary lifestyle, movement out of the tropical
Background
percent of lipids and a relatively low number of
that are warm, moist, and allow easy conductivity
occur in the mucus membranes, specifically the
four subspecies of Treponema are microscopically
be noted that within these manifestations, a variety
point, it is fairly typical for the disease to enter a
Archaeological Evidence
Historical Documentation
Europeans counterparts who allowed their cities to
has been attributed to the urbaneness of the port
th
of Treponema, less virulent strands continued to be
potentially influenced the development of venereal
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towards fabrics that were heavy and worn in several
means to follow fashion very closely but there surely
population had many sufferers of syphilis, but it was
made transmission more difficult, consequently,
ty made the decision to release all of his medical
into the rest of the human body due to the delicate
Within those documents, symptoms are described in
populated cities in the United States report more cases
evolutionary relationship with humans, it tends to be
Conclusion
The Treponema bacterium evolved into the form
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century due
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