Bejel epidemiology and demographics

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Overview

Bejel is mainly found in arid countries of the eastern Mediterranean region and in West Africa, where it is known as sahel.

Epidemiology and Demographics

Regions and countries endemic for Treponema pallidum subspecies ^[1]:

Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Cote d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo Table 3. Regions and countries endemic for Treponema pallidum subspecies
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Senegal
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Togo

References

Overview