a coiled spirochete
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borreliaa coiled spirochete
borreliasBORRELIA, a coiled spirochete
spirochetesSPIROCHETE, a spirally coiled bacterium lacking a rigid cell wall, the cause of syphilis and other diseases also SPIROCHAETE
spirochaetea slender, twisted, non-flagellated microorganism causing malaria, relapsing fever, yaws, and other maladies also SPIROCHETE
spirochaetesSPIROCHAETE, a slender, twisted, non-flagellated microorganism causing malaria, relapsing fever, yaws, and other maladies also SPIROCHETE
treponemeA spirochete bacterium that is parasitic or pathogenic in humans and warm-blooded animals, including the causal agents of syphilis and yaws
treponemasA spirochete bacterium that is parasitic or pathogenic in humans and warm-blooded animals, including the causal agents of syphilis and yaws
treponemesA spirochete bacterium that is parasitic or pathogenic in humans and warm-blooded animals, including the causal agents of syphilis and yaws
yawsa contagious tropical disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pertenue) closely resembling the causative agent of syphilis and marked by infectious ulcerative skin lesions with later bone involvement called also frambesia
pians(used with a sing. v.) infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue, that is closely related to the agent of syphilis
yaws(used with a sing. v.) infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue, that is closely related to the agent of syphilis
pian(used with a sing. v.) infectious, nonvenereal tropical disease, primarily of children, characterized by raspberrylike eruptions of the skin and caused by a spirochete, Treponema pertenue, that is closely related to the agent of syphilis
pintaa chronic skin disease that is endemic in tropical America, that occurs successively as an initial papule, a generalized eruption, and a patchy loss of pigment, and that is caused by a treponemal spirochete (Treponema careteum) morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis
lymean acute inflammatory disease that is caused by a spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi) transmitted by ticks (genus Ixodes and especially I. dammini), that is usually characterized initially by a spreading red annular erythematous skin lesion and by fatigue, fever, and chills, and that if left untreated may later manifest itself in joint pain, arthritis, and cardiac and neurological disorders called also Lyme