Descriptor in English: | Pinta |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Pinta (Dermatosis) |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Pinta (Dermatose) |
Descriptor in French: | Pinta |
Tree number(s): |
C01.150.252.400.794.840.250 C01.150.252.400.840.250 C01.150.252.819.630 C01.800.720.630 C17.800.838.765.630 |
Scope note: | An infectious disease of the skin caused by Treponema carateum that occurs only in the western hemisphere. Age of onset is between 10 and 20 years of age. This condition is characterized by marked changes in the skin color and is believed to be transmitted by direct person-to-person contact. |
Annotation: | a nonvenereal treponemal skin infect |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy TM transmission UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
DeCS UI: | 11307 |
Descriptor UI: | D010874 |
Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 |
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Concept UI |
M0016879 |
Scope note | An infectious disease of the skin caused by Treponema carateum that occurs only in the western hemisphere. Age of onset is between 10 and 20 years of age. This condition is characterized by marked changes in the skin color and is believed to be transmitted by direct person-to-person contact. |
Preferred term | Pinta |
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