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| Domain | Definition |
Health | The causative agent of venereal and non-venereal syphilis as well as yaws. (references) |
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| Treponema pallidum | ||||||||||||||
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| Treponema pallidum |
There are at least three known subspecies, T. pallidum pallidum, which causes syphilis; T. pallidum pertenue, which causes yaws; and T. pallidum endemicum, which causes bejel.
In the July 17, 1998 issue of the journal Science, a group of biologists reported how they sequenced the genome of T. pallidum.
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Crosswords: TREPONEMA PALLIDUM |
| English words defined with "TREPONEMA PALLIDUM": pox ♦ syph, syphilis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TREPONEMA PALLIDUM": Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption Test ♦ Treponema Immobilization Test. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. In the United States, over 35,600 cases of syphilis were reported by health officials in 1999. Credit: CDC. |  | Histopathology showing Treponema pallidum spirochetes in testis of experimentally infected rabbit. Modified Steiner silver stain. Syphilis. Credit: CDC. |
 | This patient with secondary syphilis has extensive lesions on the face. Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages, and is characterized by the spread of the bacteria Treponema pallidum, which causes symptoms throughout the body. Credit: CDC. |  | A patient with moist papules developing in the intertriginous areas between the toes. This clinical manifestation occurs during the secondary stage of syphilis, and is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Credit: CDC. |
 | Here we see two Treponema pallidum bacteria scanned by an electron microscope, magnified 36,000X. T. pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC. |  | A photomicrograph of a virulent T. pallidum bacterium, ruptured at 6,000 psi. Treponema pallidum is the causative agent of syphilis. It contains one of the smallest prokaryotic genomes consisting of about 1000 kilobase pairs. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Syphilis is a complex sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. (references) | |
This condition was initially thought to be associated with infectious agents (such as Treponema pertenue and Treponema pallidum which cause inflammation of the central nervous system) and with chronic nutritional deficiencies (such as avitaminosis) or exposure to potentially toxic foods (such as bitter cassava). (references) | ||
The general use of refrigerated blood for transfusion is often cited as an important factor in reducing the risk of transfusion-transmitted syphilis, as Treponema pallidum loses its viability within a few days in whole blood stored at 4 C. However, available data indicate that a small proportion of viable organisms may survive up to 96 hours under such storage conditions, and many units of blood are refrigerated for shorter time periods prior to transfusion. (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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treponema pallidum | 49 |
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| Language | Translations for "TREPONEMA PALLIDUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | granulumform af treponema pallidum (granulum type of treponema pallidum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | type granulaire du treponema pallidum (granulum type of treponema pallidum), test d'immobilisation des tréponèmes (treponema pallidum immobilization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Treponema-Pallidum-Immobilisation (treponema pallidum immobilization), Treponema-Immobilisierungstest (treponema pallidum immobilization), Granulumform des Treponema pallidum (granulum type of treponema pallidum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοκκιωματώδης τύπος του τρεπονήματος του ωχρού (granulum type of treponema pallidum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eponematray allidumpay tipo granular do treponema pallidum (granulum type of treponema pallidum). (various references) treponema pálido tipo granular (granulum type of treponema pallidum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-i-l-l-m-m-n-o-p-p-r-t-u" | |
-5 letters: deuteranopia, lepidopteran. | |
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