What is Syphilis?
Lues venerea – love disease – is the technical name for one of the oldest venereal diseases. Considered almost eradicated in the mid-1990s, the number of new cases has been rising alarmingly worldwide in recent years. Pathogens are treponemes, spiral-shaped rod-shaped bacteria that live only on humans and are transmitted predominantly through direct mucosal contact. … What is Syphilis?