Syphilis Changing Its Genes Is the Reason for the Continuous Spread of the Infection Throughout the Years
It was 1905 when the bacteria, Treponema pallidum, responsible for causing syphilis, was first identified. It took 38 years for an effective treatment to be found, that is, once penicillin was discovered. Since then, syphilis, being of the common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), has affected people all around the world. In 2016, in the United … Read more