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  • Pertenu – from the bacterium syphilis

    Pertenu – from the bacterium syphilis

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    Richard Ketcham
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    Yaws disease is an infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. It is for this reason that in many medical textbooks the disease is called fart. It is still found under the names thymosis, tropical yam, tropical papilloma multiplex, parangi, bubba, and yam. Dangerous bacteria were brought from Africa. It is also known to…