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Pinta
Pinta is a human, skin disease caused by with the spirochete Treponema carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the that causes syphilis and bejel. The disease was previously known to be endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America; it may have been eradicated since, with the latest case occurring in Brazil in 2020.
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