A human skin disease endemic to Mexico, Central America, and South America, caused by infection with a spirochete, Treponema pallidum carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the organism that causes syphilis
one of the three ships that sailed to America with Christopher Columbus in 1492. The other two were the Niña and the Santa Maria
{i} bacterial disease that causes spotting and discoloration of the skin (Pathology)