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Syphilis is a predominantly sexually transmitted infectious disease caused by the organism Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Syphilis as a disease was first described in writing during the late 1400s in Europe [1]. The causative organism, Treponema pallidum (initially called Spirochaeta pallida), was not identified until the early twentieth century [2].

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Kulkarni, P.A., Serpa, J.A. (2018). Neurosyphilis. In: Hasbun, R. (eds) Meningitis and Encephalitis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92678-0_13

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