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It is a bacteria -- Treponema pallidum is the causative agent. That is why antibiotics do work to get rid of the infection -- most of the time. It is also why you can get reinfected, since this is a spirochete bacterium, not really good immunity ever develops.
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∙ 11y agoit is a bacterial disease
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Any agent capable of producing disease-?
Any agent that is capable of producing a disease is known as a pathogen. Pathogens can be bacterial, viral or fungal.
What is the disease or alternate names for treponema pallidum?
Treponema pallidum causes syphilis. Syphilis is a serious disease, if untreated. Syphilis is sexually transmitted disease.
Which cell will respond whether you have viral infection or bacterial infection?
bacterial..you can't really cure viral infections, only bacterial infections..hence anti-bacterial as antibiotics for a bacterial infection
Is yellow fever a bacterial viral or parasitic disease?
It cannot spread like a virus and yellow fever is transmitted by the bite of the female mosquitoes of the species Aedes aegypti.
How is the viral nucleic acid core different from the nucleicid of the bacterial host?
bactrial DNA:- most bic / larger, but only one cell viral nucleic acid:- smaller then bacterial nucleic acid, but it has many cells
Is cat scratch disease a viral or bacterial disease?
It is bacterial.
Ia anthrax a bacterial or viral disease?
bacterial disease
Is Anthrax disease bacterial or viral?
there are variations of anthrax that are viral and bacterial most anthrax is bacterial
Is rabies bacterial or viral?
Rabies is viral.
Is encephalitis genetic?
No. Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain that is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection. It can be aftereffect of another disease such as herpes or a complication of syphilis but it is not genetic.
Is MRSA viral or bacterial?
MRSA is a form of staph. Staph is bacterial
What bacterial disease affects nerves?
Lyme disease and syphilis are two bacterial diseases that affect nerves.
Are warts a bacterial skin disease?
No, warts are a viral skin disease.
Is sleeping sickness viral or bacterial?
it is a parasitic disease
Is tuberculosis a bacterial or viral disease?
TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacteria
Infectious disease is?
an infectious disease is a disease caused by bacterial, viral, fungal, or protozoan infection.
How does a vaccine against a viral or bacterial disease work?
Dont No...
