Other spirochaetal diseases

Description

Pinta: An infectious disease of the skin caused by Treponema carateum that occurs only in the western hemisphere. Age of onset is between 10 and 20 years of age. This condition is characterized by marked changes in the skin color and is believed to be transmitted by direct person-to-person contact.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode AB1_OTHER_SPIROCHAETAL
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: A69/A67/A65/A68/A66, ICD-9: 087/104, ICD-8: 08[8-9]
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: A68/A67/A65/A66/A69, ICD-9: 087/104, ICD-8: 08[8-9]
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 2
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 1022
GWAS catalog 1001396

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 674 413 261
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 0.51 0.55 0.45
Mean age at first event (years) 55.25 53.78 57.59
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 36.8 36.56 37.16
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 1.19 0.24 2.68

Associations