Diseases

Pinta

An infectious disease of the skin caused by Treponema carateum that occurs only in the western hemisphere. Age of onset is between 10 and 20 years of age. This condition is characterized by marked changes in the skin color and is believed to be transmitted by direct person-to-person contact.

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An infectious disease of the skin caused by Treponema carateum that occurs only in the western hemisphere. Age of onset is between 10 and 20 years of age. This condition is characterized by marked changes in the skin color and is believed to be transmitted by direct person-to-person contact.

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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a nonvenereal treponemal skin infect

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pinta. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010874. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010874
  2. Pinta. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinta_(disease)
  3. Pinta. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922029