| a serological study of the age distribution of endemic treponematoses in children from mali, africa. | using the treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay (tpha) for the demonstration of treponema-specific antibodies, 444 children in age groups between 5 months and 10 years from different parts of mali (africa) were investigated for endemic treponematoses. the rate of seroreactivity (1,85%) in the age groups under four years (n = 270) indicates a low incidence of treponemal infections. from these observations it can be concluded that treponemal infections in infants are not caused by suckling of ... | 1983 | 6361368 |