Flies and Yaws: Molecular Studies Provide New Insight
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Article history: Received 17 August 2016 Accepted 18 August 2016 Available online 20 August 2016 fected baboons' tissues using immunohistochemistry and showed with molecular techniques that the spirochetal agent is very closely related to TPE. Although humans can be experimentally infected with a baboon TP strain (i.e., Fribourg-Blanc) (Smith et al., 1971) that is highly similar to TPE, it is unclear if baboons can serve as a reservoir for human infection and, if so, how yaws could be transmitted from baboons to
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