Yaws in the Philippines: A clinico-seroprevalence study of selected communities in Mindanao.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Belen Lardizabal Dofitas, Sherjan P Kalim, Camille B Toledo, Jan Hendrik Richardus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Sultan
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010447; https://doaj.org/article/3f29ebe69e3648f682073672df7e1e80

Background Yaws is a chronic, highly contagious skin and bone infection affecting children living in impoverished, remote communities. It is caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. We report the prevalence of active yaws among elementary schoolchildren based on clinical and serological criteri...