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Pinta (disease)
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<p>Pinta (also known as azul, carate, empeines, lota, mal del pinto, and tina) is a human <a href="/facts/Skin_disease/Vkr5XpeG">skin disease</a> caused by infection with the <a href="/facts/Spirochete/UAy2oy6I">spirochete</a> <i><a href="/facts/Treponema_carateum/ESsNx1Iu">Treponema carateum</a></i>, which is <a href="/facts/Comparative_anatomy/UycBTvDH">morphologically</a> and <a href="/facts/Serology/wmNg447o">serologically</a> indistinguishable from the bacterium that causes <a href="/facts/Syphilis/fdnGLyLT">syphilis</a> and <a href="/facts/Bejel/rh0HY3qX">bejel</a>. The disease was previously known to be <a href="/facts/Endemic/xt4IpIsl">endemic</a> to <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a>, <a href="/facts/Central_America/CXKgTuxC">Central America</a>, and <a href="/facts/South_America/PhrFEMk7">South America</a>; it may have been eradicated since, with the latest case occurring in Brazil in 2020. </p>