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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Treponema pallidum

·         These are atypical spiral bacteria.
·         They can be detected by special procedure called as Dark Field Illumination.
·         These are microaerophillic organism because they can live in oxygen concentration 4 – 5 %.

Habitat:

§  Human genital tract

Transmission:


ü  Sexual contact

Disease:

Ø  Syphilis: STD cause by T Pallidum.
v  No immunity

v  No vaccine

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