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Syphilis is a sexually transmissible infection caused by Treponema pallidum, with protean manifestations involving many organs.
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Hall, A. (2019). Syphilis. In: Atlas of Male Genital Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99750-6_30
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