The tourism industry is actively developing, cooperation in the economic sector with many countries of the world is growing, business contacts are expanding. Therefore, the problem of tropical treponematoses is very relevant. Especially considering the increasing number of patients who came from tropical countries.
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Tropical treponematoses are widespread among the local population of hot countries of the world, especially in Asia, Latin America and Africa. These are infectious diseases caused by a subspecies of spirochetes that are morphologically and serologically identical to each other, treponema pallidum (the cause of venereal syphilis), but belong to the group of non-venereal diseases.
Among these diseases, there are: Yaws (tropical syphilis), the causative agent Treponema pertenue Castellani Bengel (Arab syphilis), the causative agent Treponema pallidum type M Pinta (endemic spots of the Cordillera), the causative agent Treponema carateum
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The degree of human disease often depends on the sanitary condition and standard of living of a particular tropical region. Diseases differ from each other only in their clinical manifestations. Transmission of infection occurs mainly through direct contact (not sexual in nature), as well as through household items. These diseases have a chronic course.
Prevention of venereal diseases consists in preventing contact with the patient and his personal belongings (dishes, towels, etc.) and observing the rules of personal hygiene in everyday life. Preventive treatment of persons who have been in contact with the patient and his household items is carried out by a doctor.
Source estet-portal.com
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