Sooty Mangabey with Treponema Pallidum Pertenue Infection (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Sooty Mangabey with Treponema Pallidum Pertenue Infection

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An adult female sooty mangabey suffering from a Treponema pallidum pertenue infection. Nearly six percent of flies in the mangabey group were found to carry the DNA of this pathogen.

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Alexander Mielke / Taï Chimpanzee Project

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