Abstract

Editorial

Yaws essentials: What health professionals should know about yaws

Pirabu Diego-Abelardo Alvarez-Hernandez* and Alexia S Rivera

Published: 27 July, 2017 | Volume 1 - Issue 1 | Pages: 037-040

Yaws is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as 1 of the 20 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), a group of communicable diseases that have subsisted in tropical and subtropical environments, and that affect people living in poor and marginalized societies [1]. Yaws also form part of a group of chronic bacterial infections, commonly known as the endemic trepanomatoses. These diseases are caused by a spiral bacteria of the genus Treponema, which also includes bejel and pinta, being yaws the most common [2]. Like syphilis, yaws have been described in three stages; primary stage characterized by granulomatous skin lesions, secondary stage by generalized spread, and tertiary stage by chronic destructive disease of skin, cartilages and bones [3].

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Keywords:

Gangosa; Gondou; Treponema pallidum; Pian; Yaws

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