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This image depicts a close view of the mouth of an African-American female, highlighting its right labial angle, at which point, you can see a circular lesion that was diagnosed as a primary syphilitic chancre. Syphilis is caused by the bacterium, Treponema pallidum.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Robert E. Sumpter
Creation Date: 1967
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.