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The following is a listing of spirochetes and the diseases caused by each:

  • The spirochete, Leptospira causes Leptospirosis.
  • The spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme Disease.
  • The spirochete, Borrelia recurrentis causes relapsing fever.
  • The spirochete, Treponema pallidum causes syphilis.
  • The spirochete, Treponema pertenue causes yaws.
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Many diseases are caused by various spirochetes: Lyme's Disease, syphilis, yaws and relapsing fever.

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Syphilis and Lyme are the big two.

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Syphilis is caused by a spirochete.

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