Directory of Yaws Resources

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Yaws is a tropical infection of the skin, bones and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue.

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• eMedicine - Yaws : Article by Natalie C Klein, MD, PhD

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1053612-overview
  Yaws is a contagious, nonvenereal, treponemal infection in humans that presents mainly in children younger than 15 years.

• MedicineNet: Yaws

  http://www.medicinenet.com/yaws/article.htm
  Factsheet on this bacterial disease including causes, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, transmission and prevention.

• MedlinePlus: Yaws

  https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001341.htm
  Factsheet with causes, symptoms, exams and tests, treatment, outlook, possible complications and prevention.

• WHO: Yaws

  http://www.who.int/yaws/
  Provides information on this chronic infection that affects mainly the skin, bone and cartilage, its symptoms, worldwide control and prevention.

• Yaws: A Forgotten Disease

  http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs316/en/
  Factsheet on this chronic infection including past control efforts, its possible eradication, its prevalence, symptoms and treatment.

 

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