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Where is pinta most common?

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Scanning electron micrograph of Treponema pallidum, the spirochete bacterium that is the causative agent of syphilis. — syphilis Scanning electron micrograph of *Treponema pallidum*, the spirochete bacterium that is the causative agent of syphilis.

Pinta is a chronic tropical skin disease that is endemic to Central and South America.12

While it is caused by Treponema carateum, an organism morphologically indistinguishable from the causative agent of syphilis, it is important to clarify that pinta is transmitted through nonvenereal contact and generally does not affect a patient's overall health in the same manner as syphilis.1