This preview shows
page 1. Sign up
to
HOST DEFENSES:
•
It is the intricate interplay between the organism and the
host immune system that defines the treponematoses.
•
Immunity results in untreated persons but it is slow to
evolve.
•
Immunity is probably a combination of both humoral and
cell-mediated defenses.
EPIDEMIOLOGY:
•
Syphilis is found worldwide and is transmitted via sexual
This is the end of the preview.
Sign up
to
access the rest of the document.
Unformatted text preview: contact (ages 20-24 are most affected). • Because the route of transmission is the same, 10% of gonorrhea patients also have syphilis. • Yaws and pinta are not sexually transmitted and generally affect children or adolescents. These diseases are often geographically diagnosed....
View
Full Document
- Fall '10
- JessicaDigirolamo
- Microbiology, Syphilis, humoral immunity, cell-mediated defenses
-
Click to edit the document details
