Yaws also Pétasse tropica, thymosis, polypapilloma tropicum, pian or parangi) is a tropical
infection of the skin, bones and
joints caused by the
spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue. Other treponemal diseases are...
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bacterial disease yaws causes (Treponema pertenue), symptoms (skin lesions),
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chronic infection that affects mainly the skin, bone and cartilage. ...
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Yaws Definition
Yaws is a
chronic illness which
first affects
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Yaws is an infectious
disease that affects the
skin and bones. ...
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infection caused by the spiral-shaped bacterium (spirochete) called ...
Yaws mainly affects children in rural, warm, tropical areas -- primarily ...
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skin from the New Zealand Dermatological Society. ...
Yaws is caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium (spiroch(a)ete) ...
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yaws most often affects children between the ages of 2 and 5, ... During the 1950s,
yaws was a common tropical illness, infecting 50 million to ...
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infection caused by the spiral-shaped bacteria, Treponema pertenue. ...
Yaws mainly affects children in rural, warm, tropical areas, such as the ...
Full article >>>YAWS, the name in use in the British West Indies for a
contagious inoculable ... For many years
yaws was thought to be peculiar to the African negro, either in ...
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disease that affects the
skin and bones. ... In these countries,
yaws most often affects children between the ages of 2 and 5, ...
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yaws are in children under 15 years of age. The organism that causes
yaws is a ...
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infection caused by the spiral-shaped bacteria, Treponema pertenue. ...
Yaws mainly affects children in rural, warm, tropical areas, such as the ...
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yaws has different stages of disfigurement. However, unfortunately for the kids,
yaws is not spread by sexual contact. ...
Full article >>>Yaws is an infectious tropical
disease caused by the
spirochete (spiral shaped) ... Stage 3
yaws involves the long bones, joints, and/or skin. ...
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infection caused by the spiral-shaped bacteria, Treponema pertenue. ...
Yaws mainly affects children in rural, warm, tropical areas, such as the ...
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