TY - JOUR AU - Mubemba, Benjamin AU - Chanove, Emeline AU - Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin AU - Gogarten, Jan AU - Düx, Ariane AU - Merkel, Kevin AU - Röthemeier, Caroline AU - Sachse, Andreas AU - Rase, Helene AU - Humle, Tatyana AU - Banville, Guillaume AU - Tchoubar, Marine AU - Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien AU - Colin, Christelle AU - Leendertz, Fabian T1 - Yaws Disease Caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue in Wild Chimpanzee, Guinea, 2019 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 6 SP - 1283 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Yaws-like lesions are widely reported in wild African great apes, yet the causative agent has not been confirmed in affected animals. We describe yaws-like lesions in a wild chimpanzee in Guinea for which we demonstrate infection with Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. Assessing the conservation implications of this pathogen requires further research. KW - yaws disease KW - chimpanzee KW - Treponema pallidum KW - bacteria KW - Guinea KW - Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue DO - 10.3201/eid2606.191713 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/6/19-1713_article ER - End of Reference