Considering the climate and geography at the sites, venereal syphilis might be the treponemal disease causing the pathologies on the skeletal remains. However, the historical background ...

The following is a summary of “Incidence and Prevalence of Syphilitic Uveitis and Associated Ocular Complications in the ...

An isolated burial site in far eastern Tennessee that was excavated in the 1970s has recently been reexamined by archaeologists interested in the origin and evolution of treponemal diseases ...

A comparative study of γM-fluorescent treponemal antibody (γM-FTA-ABS), routine FTA-ABS and γG-FTA-ABS, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) antibody levels, as well as total serum γM ...

Researchers analyzed human skeletons from archaeological sites across the Americas for evidence of treponemal diseases, a ...

Treponemes are a genus of spiral-shaped bacteria, some of which are responsible for treponemal infections such as syphilis Treponema pallidum pallidum [TPA]), bejel (T. pallidum endemicum [TEN ...

The origin of these diseases, known as treponemal infections, has been a source of speculation for historians for centuries—with syphilis, which is sexually transmitted, drawing particular interest.

Serology testing continues to be an indispensable tool for the management of several disease states, especially treponemal screening to monitor syphilis infection in the US. Come to this educational ...

The header for point 3 has been revised to “The first syphilis POCT licensed in Canada detects treponemal antibodies.” The first sentence of point 4 has been revised to “Treponemal POCTs cannot ...

Kerttu Majander, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Basel, said: 'The fact that the findings represent an endemic type of treponemal diseases, and not sexually transmitted syphilis ...

Increasing screening uptake is important to reversing the rising rates of syphilis and congenital syphilis in Canada.1, 2 Conventional screening for syphilis involves serologic laboratory testing.1 – ...