Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Testing Umbilical Cords for Funisitis due to Treponema pallidum Infection, Bolivia

Jeannette Guarner*

, Karen Southwick*, Patricia Greer*, Jeanine Bartlett*, Martha Fears*, Ana Santander†, Stanley Blanco†, Victoria Pope*, William Levine*, and Sherif Zaki*

Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †MotherCare, La Paz, Bolivia

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Figure 3

Immunohistochemistry for Treponema pallidum in an area with marked inflammatory infiltrate with granular staining; no intact spirochetes are noted.

Figure 3. Immunohistochemistry for Treponema pallidum in an area with marked inflammatory infiltrate with granular staining; no intact spirochetes are noted.

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