Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

The discovery, led by evolutionary genomics researcher Davide Bozzi, pushes back the evidence for treponemal diseases, as ...

Syphilis has long played a role in human history: some think that notable figures like Dracula author Bram Stoker and Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin had the disease. And scientists know that the ...

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was ...

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...

Scientists recover DNA from a 5,500-year-old burial in Colombia, revealing ancient syphilis-related bacteria and reshaping disease history.

If used at the population level, it could contribute to antimicrobial resistance, so using clinical judgement is critical ...

The number of syphilis cases in newborn babies has “reached dire levels” in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned, as cases of the once waning infection climb at ...

Doctors are seeing more patients with unusual vision and eye symptoms due to the sexually transmitted infection Amid the current syphilis “epidemic” in the U.S., doctors are seeing more patients with ...

Syphilis cases have been rising at an alarming rate in the United States, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As concerns for syphilis and sexually ...

Eye syphilis is a manifestation of syphilis. Sometimes, it is the first sign of infection. It can affect almost any part of the eye and resemble a range of other eye diseases. Common symptoms of eye ...