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BEJEL [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
DEF

[One of the] long-lasting nonvenereal forms of syphilis.

OBS

Bejel, the Arabic word for [one of the nonvenereal treponematoses], is known by many names in local languages as a form of syphilis.

OBS

[The disease] occurs in the Balkans, Turkey, eastern Mediterranean countries, and the dry savannah regions of North Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
CONT

Tréponématoses endémiques. [...] Ce n'est que progressivement qu'est acceptée l'idée de syphilis dont la transmission n'est pas vénérienne. Elles se présentent sous trois formes : pian, bejel (appelé aussi syphilis endémique) et pinta. [...] Le béjel [se retrouve] dans les zones sèches et arides de l'Afrique et du Moyen-Orient.

Spanish

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