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Integrated mass drug administration for yaws eradication: evidence from a comparative observational study in Papua New Guinea and a systematic review with network meta-analysis [PDF]
BMJ Global HealthBackground Yaws is a chronic infectious disease that disproportionately affects under-reached communities. In 2023, Papua New Guinea (PNG) reported 100 165 suspected yaws cases, accounting for 45% of cases reported worldwide.
Jingyuan Xu +7 more
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Epidemiological situation of yaws in the Americas: A systematic review in the context of a regional elimination goal [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2019 BACKGROUND:Yaws is targeted for eradication by 2020 in the WHA66.12 resolution of the World Health Assembly. The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of yaws in the Americas and to contribute to the compilation of evidence based on ...
Ana Clara Zoni Matta +1 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 BackgroundTreponema pallidum subsp. pertenue (TPE) is the causative agent of human yaws. Yaws is currently reported in 13 endemic countries in Africa, southern Asia, and the Pacific region.
Sascha Knauf +2 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 BackgroundYaws is an infectious, debilitating and disfiguring disease of poverty that mainly affects children in rural communities in tropical areas. In Cameroon, mass-treatment campaigns carried out in the 1950s reduced yaws to such low levels that it ...
Mark Nichter, Paschal Kum Awah
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Mapping the distribution of yaws and Haemophilus ducreyi in the western north region of Ghana [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue and Haemophilus ducreyi cause skin ulcers in impoverished communities. Historical serologic records from Ghana focus on T. pallidum, omitting potential H. ducreyi cases. The objective of this study was to
Shirley Victoria Simpson +11 more
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Advances in the Treatment of Yaws
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2018 Yaws is one of the three endemic treponematoses and is recognised by the World Health Organization as a neglected tropical disease. Yaws is currently reported in 15 countries in the Pacific, South-East Asia, West and Central Africa, predominantly affects
Michael Marks, Marks Michael
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BackgroundCommunity mass treatment with 30 mg/kg azithromycin is central to the new WHO strategy for eradicating yaws. Both yaws and trachoma--which is earmarked for elimination by 2020 using a strategy that includes mass treatment with 20 mg/kg ...
Anthony Solomon +2 more
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards yaws and yaws-like skin disease in Ghana
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 IntroductionYaws is endemic in Ghana. The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new global eradication campaign based on total community mass treatment with azithromycin.
Anthony Solomon +2 more
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards yaws in endemic areas of Ghana, Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesYaws, caused by Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue, remains a significant public health concern in tropical regions of West Africa and the South Pacific, primarily affecting children in remote areas with limited access to hygiene and sanitation.
Camila González Beiras +30 more
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Integrated Mapping of Yaws and Trachoma in the Five Northern-Most Provinces of Vanuatu
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Yaws and trachoma are targeted for eradication and elimination as public health problems. In trachoma-endemic populations mass administration of azithromycin can simultaneously treat yaws.
Anthony Solomon +2 more
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