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Rare Disease

pinta disease

MONDO:0000979

Also known as:PintaAzulCarate

Overview

An endemic bacterial infection caused by Treponema carateum. It is manifested with chronic cutaneous lesions. The early lesions consist of papules and erythematous plaques. The late lesions consist of hypochromic, achromic, hyperpigmented and atrophic lesions. The late skin lesions may cause destruction of bones and cartilage and produce disfiguring changes.

Diagnosis

Biomarker and diagnostic research for pinta disease has been reported in the published literature.

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for pinta disease.

79 publications have been identified in PubMed for pinta disease. Research spans Clinical Trial Publication (33%), Review / Meta-Analysis (18%), and Epidemiology / Natural History (16%).

Research Type	Count	% of Total
Clinical study results	26	33%

Data assembled from 2 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 20, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC

MONDOHPOClinicalTrials.govFDAPubMedHGNCClinVarClinGenGeneReviewsOrphanetOMIMRUSP

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