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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
doaj   +1 more source

yaws eradication cost effectiveness analysis [PDF]

, 2014
<p>The first release of the model to estimate the cost-effectiveness of yaws eradication.</p ...
Christopher Fitzpatrick (157320), Christopher Fitzpatrick   +1 more
core   +1 more source

On the origin of trepanomatoses: A phylogenetic approach [PDF]

, 2008
Copyright @ 2007 The AuthorsBackground: Since the first recorded epidemic of syphilis in 1495, controversy has surrounded the origins of the bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp.
Robert W. George, George, Robert W., Silverman, MS, Allan Pillay, Armelagos, George J., Saunders, Nigel, Silverman, Michael S., Bolotin, S, Saunders, NJ, Saunders, Nigel J., Michael S. Silverman, Harper, KN, Steiner, Bret M., Kristin N Harper, George, RW, Paolo S. Ocampo, Armelagos, GJ, Nigel J Saunders, Paolo S Ocampo, Ocampo, PS, Pillay, Allan, Ocampo, Paolo S., Kristin N. Harper, Bret M. Steiner, Pillay, A, George J. Armelagos, Shelly Bolotin, Michael S Silverman, Nigel J. Saunders, Bolotin, Shelly, Robert W George, Harper, Kristin N., George J Armelagos, Bret M Steiner, Steiner, BM   +34 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
openaire   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

A sero-epidemiological approach to explore transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans [PDF]

, 2016
The debilitating skin disease Buruli ulcer (BU) is caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans. While various hypotheses on potential reservoirs and vectors of M. ulcerans exist, the mode of transmission has remained unclear.
Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Amanda Ross, Gerd Pluschke, Amanda Ross (187821), Daniel De-Graft (848163), Ross, Amanda, Sarah Kerber, Katharina Röltgen, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu (120059), Mahavir Singh, Prince Asare (848162), Singh, Mahavir, Beatrice Nickel (848161), Sarah Kerber (421868), Ralf Spallek, Mahavir Singh (70735), Daniel De-Graft, Kobina Assan Ampah, Kerber, Sarah, Spallek, Ralf, Ralf Spallek (70732), Röltgen, Katharina, Beatrice Nickel, Gerd Pluschke (7855), Katharina Röltgen (120045), De-Graft, Daniel, Kobina Assan Ampah (848160), Ampah, Kobina Assan, Nickel, Beatrice, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Asare, Prince, Prince Asare, Pluschke, Gerd   +32 more
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Clinical lesions of yaws. [PDF]

, 2014
a) Primary yaws ulcer. b) Healed yaws lesion. Images credit: Michael Marks.
Oliver Sokana (628585), Michael Marks (276442), Adriana Goncalves (207058), Tenneth Dalipanda (628588), Elliot Puiahi (628586), David Mabey (37055), Ventis Vahi (628584), Zaixing Zhang (628587), Anthony W. Solomon (146301), Christian Bottomley (144483)   +9 more
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Failure of PCR to Detect Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue DNA in Blood in Latent Yaws.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
Yaws, caused by Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue, is a neglected tropical disease closely related to venereal syphilis and is targeted for eradication by 2020. Latent yaws represents a diagnostic challenge, and current tools cannot adequately distinguish
Michael Marks, Samantha Katz, Kai-Hua Chi, Ventis Vahi, Yongcheng Sun, David C Mabey, Anthony W Solomon, Cheng Y Chen, Allan Pillay   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source