2020-05-06Zeitschriftenartikel
Yaws Disease Caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue in Wild Chimpanzee, Guinea, 2019
Mubemba, Benjamin; Chanove, Emeline; Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin; Gogarten, Jan F.; Düx, Ariane; Merkel, Kevin; Röthemeier, Caroline; Sachse, Andreas; Rase, Helene; Humle, Tatyana; Banville, Guillaume; Tchoubar, Marine; Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien; Colin, Christelle; Leendertz, Fabian H.
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 ...