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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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Prevalence study of yaws in the Democratic Republic of Congo using the lot quality assurance sampling method. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 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.
Sibylle Gerstl, Gédeon Kiwila, Mehul Dhorda, Sylvaine Lonlas, Mark Myatt, Benoît Kebela Ilunga, Denis Lemasson, Elisabeth Szumilin, Philippe J Guerin, Laurent Ferradini   +9 more
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No evidence for yaws infection in a small‐scale cross‐sectional serosurvey in Ghanaian monkeys

Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023
Background Treponema pallidum (TP) is a spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that in humans cause syphilis (subsp. pallidum), bejel (subsp. endemicum) and yaws (subsp. pertenue; TPE).
Eugene Adade, Christian Roos, Idrissa Shomari Chuma, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Sascha Knauf   +4 more
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Effectiveness of single-dose azithromycin to treat latent yaws: a longitudinal comparative cohort study

The Lancet Global Health, 2017
Summary: Background: Treatment of latent yaws is a crucial component of the WHO yaws eradication strategy to prevent relapse and the resulting transmission to uninfected children.
Oriol Mitjà, DrMD, Camila González-Beiras, BSc, Charmie Godornes, BSc, Reman Kolmau, BSc, Wendy Houinei, HEO, Haina Abel, BSc, August Kapa, BSc, Raymond Paru, BSc, Sibauk V Bieb, MaHM, James Wangi, MPH, Sergi Sanz, MSc, Kingsley Asiedu, MPH, Sheila A Lukehart, ProfPhD, Quique Bassat, ProfMD   +13 more
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Global epidemiology of yaws: a systematic review

The Lancet Global Health, 2015
Background: To achieve yaws eradication, the use of the new WHO strategy of initial mass treatment with azithromycin and surveillance twice a year needs to be extended everywhere the disease occurs. However, the geographic scope of the disease is unknown.
Dr. Oriol Mitjà, PhD, Michael Marks, MD, Diby J P Konan, MD, Gilbert Ayelo, MD, Camila Gonzalez-Beiras, BSc, Bernard Boua, MPH, Wendy Houinei, HEO, Yiragnima Kobara, MD, Earnest N Tabah, MD, Agana Nsiire, PhD, Damas Obvala, MD, Fasiah Taleo, MD, Rita Djupuri, MD, Zhang Zaixing, MD, Prof. Jürg Utzinger, PhD, Lase S Vestergaard, PhD, Quique Bassat, PhD, Kingsley Asiedu, MPH   +17 more
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Serosurvey of Treponema pallidum infection among children with skin ulcers in the Tarangire-Manyara ecosystem, northern Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background The first yaws eradication campaign reduced the prevalence of yaws by 95%. In recent years, however, yaws has reemerged and is currently subject to a second, ongoing eradication campaign.
Clara K. C. Lubinza, Simone Lueert, Luisa K. Hallmaier-Wacker, Esther Ngadaya, Idrissa S. Chuma, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Sayoki G. M. Mfinanga, Klaus Failing, Christian Roos, Sascha Knauf   +9 more
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“YAWS IN INDIA.” [PDF]

British Journal of Dermatology, 1896
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN PRODUCED BY THE LOCAL APPLICATION OF ICHTHYOL. J. C. McGuire, M.D. (Medical Record, New York, October 17, 1896, p. 555.)
Powell, Arthur, Pernet, George
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Comparison of Syphilis Rapid Diagnostic Test to Rapid Plasma Reagin, Treponema pallidum Haemagglutination Assay and Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption for Syphilis and Yaws Diagnostics

Indonesian Biomedical Journal, 2020
BACKGROUND: Syphilis and yaws are the treponemal infections which have become serious public health problems, and both are serologically indistinguishable. Developed serological tests for syphilis may also be used to diagnose yaws.
Astuti Giantini, Dewi Wulandari, Siskawati Suparmin   +2 more
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Conformity of yaws clinical features to combined rapid diagnostic test in children aged 2-15 years in an endemic area

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022
Introduction: The diagnosis of yaws is established by clinical examination and confirmed through a laboratory test. Unrecognized lesions may lead to a missed opportunity for diagnosis and complete eradication of yaws. The use of Dual Path Platform (DPP®
Sri Linuwih SW Menaldi, Joanne Natasha, Joses Saputra, Melani Marissa, Yudo Irawan, Dewi Friska, Danang Tri Wahyudi   +6 more
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Yaws in the Western Pacific Region: A Review of the Literature

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2011
Until the middle of the 20th century, yaws was highly endemic and considered a serious public health problem in the Western Pacific Region (WPR), leading to intensive control efforts in the 1950s–1960s.
Corinne Capuano, Masayo Ozaki
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