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A Comparative Study of the Epidemiology of Treponemal Infection in the Volta and Oti Regions of Ghana: A Five-Year Multisite Parallel Population-Based Analysis vis-à-vis the Sentinel Survey. [PDF]

Biomed Res Int, 2021
Treponemal infections can be blood‐borne with great public health consequences. This study is aimed at comparatively describing the five‐year (2013‐2017) regional epidemiology of treponemal infection using pregnant women in the sentinel survey and apparently healthy blood donors as a proxy for the general population at four sentinel sites in the Volta ...
Lokpo SY, Owusu-Dabo E, Deku JG, Orish VN, Kye-Duodu G, Ussher FA, Boakye T, Adigbli D, Ameke LS, Fianko WK, Adedze-Kpodo R, Letsa HK, Tashie W, Gbormittah NS, Kpene GE, Osei-Yeboah J.   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Syphilis in pregnancy: A practical guide for prenatal care providers. [PDF]

Int J Gynaecol Obstet
Abstract Syphilis during pregnancy remains a persistent global public health challenge. Untreated or inadequately treated syphilis infection during pregnancy contributes significantly to preventable perinatal morbidity and mortality. In the last five years, a resurgence of syphilis among pregnant women in several regions has led to a concerning rise in
Desjardins AA, Amaral E, Miranda J, Pasupathy D, Martins ML, Buga E, Aronoff D, Money D, Boucoiran I, FIGO Committee on Infections During Pregnancy and FIGO Committee on Health Systems Strengthening.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Identifying treponemal disease in early East Asia [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol, 2022
Syphilis in China before Vasco da Gama? Abstract Objectives Historic records suggest that a virulent form of treponematosis, sexually transmitted syphilis was introduced to Asia from Europe by the da Gama crew, who landed in India in 1498. Our objective is to assess the gross pathology of human skeletal remains from the Tang dynasty of China to test ...
Zhou Y, Gao G, Zhang X, Gao B, Duan C, Zhu H, Barbera A, Halcrow S, Pechenkina K.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

No evidence for yaws infection in a small-scale cross-sectional serosurvey in Ghanaian monkeys. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci, 2023
Our small‐scale cross‐sectional study found no antibodies against the yaws bacterium in Ghanian monkeys, such as the Monas monkey (Cercopithecus mona) shown in the picture. Nonhuman primate (NHP) testing in Ghana should be continued to reach a geographically equally distributed and species‐specific sample size that allows better statistical support to ...
Adade E, Roos C, Chuma IS, Sylverken AA, Knauf S.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Whole genome sequence of the Treponema Fribourg- Blanc: Unspecified simian isolate is highly similar to the yaws subspecies [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND:Unclassified simian strain Treponema Fribourg-Blanc was isolated in 1966 from baboons (Papio cynocephalus) in West Africa. This strain was morphologically indistinguishable from T. pallidum ssp. pallidum or ssp.
Ambrozova, Lenka, Cejkova, Darina, Chen, Lei, Fulton, Lucinda L, Mikalova, Lenka, Pospisilova, Petra, Smajs, David, Sodergren, Erica, Strouhal, Michal, Weinstock, George M, Zobanikova, Marie   +10 more
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Scurvy in the tropics: Evidence for increasing non‐adult micronutrient deficiency with the transition to agriculture in northern Vietnam

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 180, Issue 4, Page 715-732, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective Scurvy in non‐adults was assessed at the Pre‐Neolithic site of Con Co Ngua and the Neolithic site of Man Bac in northern Vietnam to investigate nutritional stress during the agricultural transition in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). Materials One hundred and four human skeletons under the age of 20 years old were assessed.
Melandri Vlok, Marc Fredrick Oxenham, Kate Domett, Hiep Hoang Trinh, Tran Thi Minh, Nguyen Thi Mai Huong, Hirofumi Matsumura, Nghia Truong Huu, Lan Cuong Nguyen, Anna Willis, Hallie Buckley   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemics, past and present: The role of biological anthropology in interdisciplinary pandemic studies

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 178, Issue S74, Page 256-291, August 2022., 2022
Abstract Biological anthropologists are ideally suited for the study of pandemics given their strengths in human biology, health, culture, and behavior, yet pandemics have historically not been a major focus of research. The COVID‐19 pandemic has reinforced the need to understand pandemic causes and unequal consequences at multiple levels.
Jessica Dimka, Taylor P. van Doren, Heather T. Battles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

False Positive Reaction to VDRL Test with Prozone Phenomenon in a Case of Lepromatous Leprosy

MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
The venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) test, a nontreponemal test for syphilis, may under a certain set of conditions give false positive results in patients who are not infected with Treponema pallidum. A false positive reaction is defined as a
Rohit Chawla, Preeti Thakur, Atul Mohan Kochhar, Sumeet Singla   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Encuesta seroepidemiológica de pian en la Costa Pacífica colombiana

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2001
El pian ha sido endémico en la Costa Pacífica colombiana, pero actualmente su frecuencia real es desconocida, razón por la cual se realizó un estudio en las comunidades de esta zona del país donde se habían conocido casos de pian. Se hizo búsqueda activa
Marcos Restrepo, Berta N. Restrepo, Beatriz Orozco, Julio C. Padilla, Claudia M. Cuervo, Gilberto Alvarez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
core   +5 more sources