Researchers analyzed human skeletons from archaeological sites across the Americas for evidence of treponemal diseases, a group of infections caused by bacteria in the Treponema genus. This group ...

They found that early versions of the microbe, Treponema pallidum, that causes syphilis and related diseases were already diverse and widespread. Their analysis suggests that syphilis emerged in ...

Specifically, her research explores the interaction between past populations and diseases, like cancers and treponemal diseases like syphilis, which can contribute to a better understanding of disease ...

The Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures has added the syphilis pathogen to its ...