The presence of caries sicca on the skull indicates to archaeologists that a person suffered from one or more of the treponemal diseases, a suite of infections that include pinta, yaws, bejel, and ...

For example, caries sicca, a star-like lesion found on the crania, is diagnostic of venereal syphilis infections. However, unfortunately for paleopathologists and bioarchaeologists everywhere, you can ...

They found most of the skeletal material didn't actually meet at least one of the standard diagnostic criteria for chronic syphilis, such as pitting on the skull, known as caries sicca, and ...

The objective of this prospective cross-sectional case-control study was to examine the prevalence of dryness symptoms and its impact on quality of life (QoL) among very long-term survivors after ...