Continental-scale survey of Treponema pallidum in African nonhuman primates: expanding the range to the Mediterranean basin
Clément Labarrere, Charles Kumakamba, Aboubacar Diakité, Aku Elomou Essenou, M. Faye, Georges Diatta, Laia Dotras, Manuel Llana, Jean Akiana, Jean‐Jacques Muyembé‐Tamfum, Raquel Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar, Abdelbarie Baroudi, Younes Laidoudi, Bernard Davoust, Cheikh Sokhna, , Oleg Mediannikov
This study surveys T. pallidum in African nonhuman primates, finding widespread seropositivity and extending its known range to North Africa and the Mediterranean basin.
bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology