"treponeme" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8",
          "text": "The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are mistreated with penicillin.",
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        "Any of the bacterium of the genus Treponema"
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          "Treponema"
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          "ref": "1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8",
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