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These timelines support earlier research and highlight how diverse treponemal pathogens were in the distant past.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

A fourth treponemal disease, pinta, is caused by Treponema carateum or Treponema pallidum subsp. carateum.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Tracing the origins of treponemal diseases is especially challenging because the bacteria are extremely similar at the genetic level.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

The evidence adds weight to the idea that treponemal diseases have circulated in the Americas far earlier than previously documented.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

Eradication is out of reach if researchers can’t get higher than 70% or 80% coverage, says Sheila Lukehart, who studies treponemal infections at the University of Washington, Seattle.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 5, 2022