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