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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 IntroductionThe WHO yaws eradication strategy consists of one round of total community treatment (TCT) of single-dose azithromycin with coverage of > 90%.The efficacy of the strategy to reduce the levels on infection has been demonstrated previously in ...
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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 ...
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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 ONEYaws 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 +8 more
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Evaluation of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Yaws Infection in a Community Surveillance Setting
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Yaws is a non-venereal treponemal infection caused by Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue. The WHO has launched a worldwide control programme, which aims to eradicate yaws by 2020.
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Yaws in Africa: Past, Present and Future [PDF]
DiseasesBackground: 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 +4 more
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Where the Road Ends, Yaws Begins? The Cost-effectiveness of Eradication versus More Roads
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 IntroductionA disabling and disfiguring disease that "begins where the road ends", yaws is targeted by WHO for eradication by the year 2020. The global campaign is not yet financed.
Kingsley Asiedu +1 more
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British Medical Bulletin, 2014 Yaws, caused by Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue, is endemic in parts of West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The WHO has launched a campaign based on mass treatment with azithromycin, to eradicate yaws by 2020.We reviewed published data, surveillance data and data presented at yaws eradication meetings.Azithromycin is now the preferred agent ...
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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 +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 ...
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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 +3 more
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