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Prevalence study of yaws in the Democratic Republic of Congo using the lot quality assurance sampling method. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Until the 1970s the prevalence of non-venereal trepanomatosis, including yaws, was greatly reduced after worldwide mass treatment. In 2005, cases were again reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We carried out a survey to estimate
Dhorda, M, Ferradini, L, Gerstl, S, Guerin, P J, Ilunga, B K, Kiwila, G, Lemasson, D, Lonlas, S, Myatt, M, Szumilin, E   +9 more
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Haemophilus ducreyi DNA is detectable on the skin of asymptomatic children, flies and fomites in villages of Papua New Guinea. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BACKGROUND:Haemophilus ducreyi and Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue are major causes of leg ulcers in children in Africa and the Pacific Region. We investigated the presence of DNA (PCR positivity) from these bacteria on asymptomatic people, flies, and
Wendy Houinei, Charmie Godornes, August Kapa, Sascha Knauf, Eric Q Mooring, Camila González-Beiras, Ronald Watup, Raymond Paru, Paul Advent, Sivauk Bieb, Sergi Sanz, Quique Bassat, Stanley M Spinola, Sheila A Lukehart, Oriol Mitjà   +14 more
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Challenges and key research questions for yaws eradication. [PDF]

, 2015
Yaws is endemic in west Africa, southeast Asia, and the Pacific region. To eradicate yaws by 2020, WHO has launched a campaign of mass treatment with azithromycin.
Asiedu, Kingsley B, Ballard, Ronald C, Bassat, Quique, Chen, Cheng-Yen, Emerson, Paul M, Fegan, David, Knauf, Sascha, Kool, Jacob, Lukehart, Sheila, Mabey, David CW, Marks, Michael, Martin, Diana L, Mitjà, Oriol, Pillay, Allan, Solomon, Anthony W, Taleo, Fasihah, Vestergaard, Lasse S, Ye, Tun   +17 more
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Yaws. [PDF]

, 2014
Yaws is a non-venereal endemic treponemal infection caused by Treponema pallidum sub-species pertenue, a spirochaete bacterium closely related to Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum, the agent of venereal syphilis.
Higgins, Stephen P, Lebari, Dornubari, Marks, Michael, Solomon, Anthony W   +3 more
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Syphilis at the crossroad of phylogenetics and paleopathology. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2010
The origin of syphilis is still controversial. Different research avenues explore its fascinating history. Here we employed a new integrative approach, where paleopathology and molecular analyses are combined.
Fernando Lucas de Melo, Joana Carvalho Moreira de Mello, Ana Maria Fraga, Kelly Nunes, Sabine Eggers   +4 more
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LAMP4yaws: Treponema pallidum, Haemophilus ducreyi loop mediated isothermal amplification − protocol for a cross-sectional, observational, diagnostic accuracy study

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Yaws, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue, is a neglected tropical disease targeted for eradication by 2030. Improved diagnostics will be essential to meet this goal.
Michael Marks, Tania Crucitti, Emma Michele Harding-Esch, Daniel Arhinful, Earnest Njih Tabah, Serges Tchatchouang, Oriol Mitja, Becca Louise Handley, Camila González-Beiras, Laud Antony Basing, Kouadio Aboh Hugues, Mohammed Bakheit, Lisa Becherer, Christina Ries, Nadine Borst, Simone Lüert, Sieghard Frischmann, Tamara Haerpfer, Emelie Landmann, Ivy Amanor, Aboubacar Sylla, Mireille S Kouamé-Sina, Jean P Ndzomo-Ngono, Adingra Tano, Patrick Awondo, Solange Ngazoa Kakou, Sara Eyangoh, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Sascha Knauf   +28 more
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Treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete: making a living as a stealth pathogen [PDF]

, 2016
The past two decades have seen a worldwide resurgence in infections caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, the syphilis spirochete. The well-recognized capacity of the syphilis spirochete for early dissemination and immune evasion has earned it ...
Anand, Arvind, Deka, Ranjit K., Norgard, Michael V., Radolf, Justin D., Yang, X. Frank, Šmajs, David   +5 more
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Endemic treponemal diseases. [PDF]

, 2014
The endemic treponemal diseases, consisting of yaws, bejel (endemic syphilis) and pinta, are non-venereal infections closely related to syphilis, and are recognized by WHO as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
Mabey, David C, Marks, Michael, Solomon, Anthony W   +2 more
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Origin of modern syphilis and emergence of a pandemic Treponema pallidum cluster [PDF]

, 2016
The abrupt onslaught of the syphilis pandemic that started in the late fifteenth century established this devastating infectious disease as one of the most feared in human history.
A Centurion-Lara, A Centurion-Lara, A McKenna, A Mutreja, A Peltzer, B Štaudová, B-R Wu, C Quétel, C Tipple, CM Fraser, CM Marra, CM Marra, D Šmajs, D Šmajs, E Hodges, G Baele, G Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes, GEC Gall, H Pětrošová, H Pětrošová, H Shimodaira, H Tian, H-J Bandelt, HA Schmidt, J Rowley, JT Simpson, K Strimmer, K Strimmer, K Tamura, KE Holt, KN Harper, L Giacani, L Giacani, L Grillová, L Mikalova, LV Stamm, LV Stamm, M Achtman, M Flasarová, M Grimes, M Kircher, M Morshed, M Strouhal, P Librado, P Matejkova, PA Grange, R Bouckaert, R-R Peng, RJ Knell, SA Lukehart, SJ Mitchell, T Dai, T Stadler, WM Geisler   +53 more
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Serosurvey of Treponema pallidum infection among children with skin ulcers in the Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem, northern Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background The first yaws eradication campaign reduced the prevalence of yaws by 95%. In recent years, however, yaws has reemerged and is currently subject to a second, ongoing eradication campaign.
Clara K. C. Lubinza, Simone Lueert, Luisa K. Hallmaier-Wacker, Esther Ngadaya, Idrissa S. Chuma, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Sayoki G. M. Mfinanga, Klaus Failing, Christian Roos, Sascha Knauf   +9 more
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