Pinta is caused by:: (A) Treponema peenue, (B) Treponema carateum, (C) Treponema pallidum, (D) Treponema endemicum
Answer is B. Pinta Non-sexually transmitted spircohetal infection caused by Treponema carateum. Three sub-species of T. pallidum are known: T. pallidum, which causes syphilis T. endemicum, which causes bejel or endemic syphilis T. peenue, which causes venereal syphilis or yaws