syphilis (DOID:4166)
Alliance: disease page
Synonyms: syphilitic chancre
Alt IDs: DOID:11095, ICD10CM:A51.0, MESH:D002601, UMLS_CUI:C0007939
Definition: A primary bacterial infectious disease that is a sexually transmitted systemic disease, has_material_basis_in Treponema pallidum subsp pallidum, which is transmitted_by sexual contact, transmitted_by blood product transfusion, transmitted_by congenital method from mother to fetus or transmitted_by contact with infectious lesions. If left untreated, produces chancres, rashes, and systemic lesions in a clinical course with three stages continued over many years.