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Prevalence of Active and Latent Yaws in the Solomon Islands 18 Months after Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration for Trachoma. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
IntroductionBoth yaws and trachoma are endemic in the Pacific. Mass treatment with azithromycin is the mainstay of the WHO strategy for both the eradication of yaws and the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, but the dose recommended for ...
Michael Marks, Oliver Sokana, Eli Nachamkin, Elliot Puiahi, Georgina Kilua, Allan Pillay, Christian Bottomley, Anthony W Solomon, David C Mabey   +8 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 Diseases
Yaws, 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, Adingra Tano Kouadio, Becca Louise Handley, Daniel Arhinful, Serges Tchatchouang, Ahouansou Stanislas Sonagnon Houndji, Eric Tettey Nartey, Dolphine Osei Sarpong, Gely Menguena, Philippe Ndzomo, Laud Anthony Basing, Kouadio Aboh Hugues, Ivy Brago Amanor, Mohammed Bakheit, Emelie Landmann, Patrick Awondo, Claudia Müller, Tania Crucitti, Nadine Borst, Lisa Becherer, Simone Lüert, Sieghard Frischmann, Aboubacar Sylla, Mireille S Kouamé-Sina, Emma Michèle Harding-Esch, Sascha Knauf, Oriol Mitjà, Sara Eyangoh, Kennedy Kwasi Addo, Solange Ngazoa Kakou, Michael Marks   +30 more
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Prevalence of yaws and syphilis in the Ashanti region of Ghana and occurrence of H. ducreyi, herpes simplex virus 1 and herpes simplex virus 2 in skin lesions associated with treponematoses. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Yaws affects children in tropical regions, while syphilis primarily affects sexually active adults worldwide. Despite various campaigns towards the eradication of yaws and elimination of syphilis, these two diseases are still present in Ghana.
Yaw Agyekum Boaitey, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Amarachukwu Anyogu, Farhang Aghakhanian, Natasha Arora, Jonathan B Parr, Philipp P Bosshard, Saki Raheem, Pascale Gerbault   +8 more
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Yaws in Africa: Past, Present and Future [PDF]

Diseases
Background: Yaws is an infectious, neglected tropical disease that affects the skin of many children and adolescents who live in poor, rural, low-income communities in humid, tropical areas of Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands.
Ezekiel K. Vicar, Shirley V. Simpson, Gloria I. Mensah, Kennedy K. Addo, Eric S. Donkor   +4 more
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Yaws in the Philippines: A clinico-seroprevalence study of selected communities in Mindanao.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
BackgroundYaws is a chronic, highly contagious skin and bone infection affecting children living in impoverished, remote communities. It is caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue.
Belen Lardizabal Dofitas, Sherjan P Kalim, Camille B Toledo, Jan Hendrik Richardus   +3 more
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Is there still yaws in Nigeria? Active case search in endemic areas of southern Nigeria.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
BackgroundYaws is a disease caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, which is most commonly seen among children below 15 years. In the twentieth century yaws was endemic in Nigeria but eradication strategies markedly reduced the ...
Ngozi Ekeke, Francis S Iyama, Joseph N Chukwu, Kingsley Asiedu, Michael Marks, Babatunde Omotowo, Olanike Agwu-Umahi, Victor O Nvene, Shiloh Paul, Charles C Nwafor, Anthony O Meka, Chinwe C Eze, Okechukwu E Ezeakile, Martin I Njoku, Ngozi N Murphy-Okpala   +14 more
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Stigma, psychosocial and economic effects of yaws in the Philippines: an exploratory, qualitative study

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2022
Background Yaws is a chronic, non-venereal, highly contagious skin and bone infection affecting children living in impoverished, remote communities and caused by Treponema pallidum subspecie pertenue.
Belen Lardizabal Dofitas, Sherjan P. Kalim, Camille B. Toledo, Jan Hendrik Richardus   +3 more
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The genomes of the yaws bacterium, Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue, of nonhuman primate and human origin are not genomically distinct.

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.
Klára Janečková, Christian Roos, Pavla Fedrová, Nikola Tom, Darina Čejková, Simone Lueert, Julius D Keyyu, Idrissa S Chuma, Sascha Knauf, David Šmajs   +9 more
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Yaws in the Philippines: first reported cases since the 1970s

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2020
Background Yaws is a chronic, highly contagious skin and bone infection affecting children living in impoverished, remote communities and caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue. The Philippines was thought to be free of yaws following the 1950s
Belen Lardizabal Dofitas, Sherjan P. Kalim, Camille B. Toledo, Jan Hendrik Richardus   +3 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, Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz, Luis Gerardo Castellanos, Rubén Santiago Nicholls, Vendula Blaya-Novakova   +4 more
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