Syphilis is a highly infectious sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by bacteria called Treponema pallidum. It can cause irreversible damage to the nerves, body tissues and brain if left untreated. This chronic, systemic disease can affect almost every tissue and organ of the body.
Peter Mims, the American sailor who went missing from the U.S.S. Shiloh last week, has been found safe on board the ship An American sailor who was presumed dead following a huge man-overboard search has been found alive after he was discovered to have been hiding in his own ship's engine room for a week.
None. The ship that exploded in Havana Harbor on 15 February 1898 was a US ship named the USS Maine. It had been in port for three weeks in case an evacuation of American civi â¦ lians living there was required. The mysterious explosion which caused the sinking remains of an unidentified origin. America did not blow up the USS Maine.