syphilis
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Each causes a different disease: syphilis, yaws, and bejel.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026
This bacterium is responsible for several serious infectious diseases today, including syphilis.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026
Figures show that gay and bisexual men are disproportionately affected by STIs, accounting for 75% of syphilis and 70% gonorrhoea cases in London last year.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
Other STIs are also on the rise, with syphilis cases last year reaching their highest level in seven decades.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
And they did so on the same campus —and at the very same time —that state officials were conducting the infamous Tuskegee syphilis studies.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
