Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.
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Yaws
//ˈjɔːz//
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malariamalarial fevermarsh fevermeaslesmeningitismilzbrandmumpsornithosisosteomyelitisparangiparatyphoid feverparotitisparrot feverpertussispneumoniapoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponospsittacosis
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25 translations across 17 languages.
Cebuano
1 entries- puko noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 雅司 noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
- 雅司病 noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
German
1 entries- Frambösie noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Hindi
2 entries- गोंडी रोग noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
- माड़िया रोग noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Hungarian
1 entries- frambőzia noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Indonesian
3 entries- frambusia noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
- patek noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
- puru noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Japanese
1 entries- 森林梅毒 noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Javanese
2 entries- ꦥꦛꦺꦏ꧀ noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
- ꦥꦸꦫꦸ noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Malay
1 entries- puru noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Nheengatu
1 entries- piã noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Old Tupi
1 entries- piã noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Pohnpeian
1 entries- kens noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Polish
3 entries- frambezja noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
- jagodzica noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
- malinica noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Portuguese
2 entries- bouba noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
- piã noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Samoan
1 entries- tona noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Swahili
1 entries- buba noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
Tahitian
1 entries- tona noun (a contagious tropical disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue)
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