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.
    

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Acotaciones acerca del carate o mal del pinto.

Handbook of endemic treponematoses : yaws, endemic syphilis, and pinta / Peter L. Perine [and others].

Contribución al estudio de los carates de América tropical / A. Peña Chavarría y Paul G. Shipley.

El mal del pinto / por el Dr. Salvador González Herrejón.

Rapport sur un mémoire de M. le Dr. Chassin : concernant le pinto du Mexique, lu à la Commission scientifique, le 6 décembre 1866 / par le Baron Larrey.

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Acotaciones acerca del carate o mal del pinto.

Handbook of endemic treponematoses : yaws, endemic syphilis, and pinta / Peter L. Perine [and others].

Contribución al estudio de los carates de América tropical / A. Peña Chavarría y Paul G. Shipley.

El mal del pinto / por el Dr. Salvador González Herrejón.

Rapport sur un mémoire de M. le Dr. Chassin : concernant le pinto du Mexique, lu à la Commission scientifique, le 6 décembre 1866 / par le Baron Larrey.