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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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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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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.
Christopher Fitzpatrick +1 more
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Serologic observation and risk fact of yaws in Hamadi Public Health Center, Jayapura [PDF]
Health Science Journal of Indonesia, 2017 Latar belakang: Penyakit frambusia masih menjadi masalah yang belum terselesaikan di Kota Jayapura, masih terdapat daerah kantong frambusia di Kota Jayapura.
Yuli Arisanti Sitanggang
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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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Yaws-endemic areas and study sites in the Philippines. [PDF]
, 2023 Yaws was confirmed in 2 areas: Liguasan Marsh (2017) and Tagkawayan, Quezon (2020) (contains information from OpenStreetMap and OpenStreetMap Foundation, which is made available under the Open Database License https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) [6].
Belen Lardizabal Dofitas (11378140)
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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.
Klára Janečková +9 more
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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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Prevalence of the related treponematoses syphilis and yaws and co-occurrence of pathogens causing similar skin lesions in Ghana [PDF]
, 2023 Yaws affects children in tropical regions while syphilis affects sexually active adults worldwide. Despite various campaigns towards eradication of yaws and elimination of syphilis, these two diseases are still present in Ghana.
Agyekum Boaitey, Yaw
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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 +4 more
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