Spirochete pallidum

SPIROCHETE PALIDISE

Spirochetes pallidum are the causative agents of anoplasmas. The disease they cause has two forms: - paired chronic - not contagious, - transmissible - rare, observed only in people with reduced immunity. The disease is dangerous only for them; other people are at risk.

Epidemiology

The pathogen is distributed throughout the world with the exception of Australia, Alaska, and Antarctica. According to the place of distribution they distinguish:

Focal - the disease spreads to a limited part of the area. The population group at risk of getting sick expands from the epidemic focus; the most common are areas with residence in one area or area adjacent to one road, one path - a village, village, town, less often a hospital, public utilities, camp, fishing artel, etc. Another source of infection is infected stray animals. An outbreak of a disease in a confined space suggests a good state of the protective function of the organism of the inhabitants of the area. General and group morbidity in such an environment is rare, since those in the outbreak isolate the affected,