Spirochetes

Question 1

Causes venereal (transmitted through sexual contact) syphilis.

[treponema]

Answer 1

T. pallidum

Question 2

It is transmitted from a mother to an unborn fetus during any stage of infection but is its most often associated with early syphilis.

[syphilis]

Answer 2

Congenital syphilis

Question 3

A spirochetal disease caused by Y. pertenue.

Answer 3

Yaws

Question 4

“bejel” is caused by T. pallidum subsp. endemicum and resembles yaws in clinical manifestations.

[syphilis]

Answer 4

Endemic syphilis

Question 5

It is characterized by ulcerative lesions on the oropharyngeal mucosa with split papules in the CORNERS OF THE MOUTH.

[syphilis]

Answer 5

Endemic syphilis

Question 6

Caused by T. pallidum subsp. carateum, is found in the tropical regions of Central America and South America.

Answer 6

Pinta

Question 7

It is considered a RELAPSING FEVER transmitted by a human-specific body louse or the soft body tick of the genus Ornithodoros.

Answer 7

Borreliosis

Question 8

It is responsible for louse-borne or epidemic relapsing fever.

[borrelia]

Answer 8

Borrelia recurrentis

Question 9

The most common vector-borne disease in North America and Europe and is an emerging problem in northern Asia.

[disease]

Answer 9

Lyme disease

Question 10

Environmental saprophytes were named Leptospira biflexa.

Answer 10

Leptospira interrogans