Syphilis Resurgent
- 16 August 1956
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 255 (7) , 357-358
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195608162550711
Abstract
Treponematosis probably originated several hundred thousand years ago in the hot humid region of Central Africa, whence it was conveyed by human migration to Asia.1 Yaws, the modern counterpart of this earliest treponematosis, is propagated under the conditions of primitive village life. As treponematosis extended northward to the temperate zone it developed into various forms of endemic syphilis such as bejel. Venereal treponematosis — known today as syphilis — appeared as mankind developed urban life, and since then has always been present. Spread by sexual promiscuity, it has wrought havoc on individuals, families and nations.Until the dawn of the . . .Keywords
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