translation.en: Humans are the only reservoir and, apart from congenital cases, the only epidemiologically relevant mode of transmission is by direct contact with treponema-rich, open lesions and contaminated secretions from a patient.
translation.mt: Il-bnedmin huma l-unika riserva u, minbarra l- każijie t konġenitali, l-uniku mod ta’ trasmissjoni li huwa epidemjoloġikament relevanti huwa permezz ta’ kuntatt dirett ma’ leżjonijiet miftuħa, b’ ammont kbir ta’ treponema u tnixxijiet ikkontaminati minn pazjent.