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Scanning electron micrograph of Treponema pallidum, the spirochete bacterium that is the causative agent of syphilis.

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Also Known As	French disease • Great Pox

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Scanning electron micrograph of Treponema pallidum, the spirochete bacterium that is the causative agent of syphilis.

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