FRAMBESIA TROPICA (YAWS)

Yaws. (Frambœsia Tropica)

Yaws

INTRODUCTION Yaws, caused by Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue, is endemic in parts of West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The WHO has launched a campaign based on mass treatment with azithromycin, to eradicate yaws by 2020. SOURCES OF DATA We reviewed published data, surveillance data and data presented at yaws eradication meetings. AREAS OF AGREEMENT Azithromycin is now the prefer...

Yaws Revisited

Yaws appeared to have been eradicated in Malaysia due mainly to the highly successful Yaws Elimination Campaign sponsored by WHO and UNICEF from 1954 to 1963. In 1948 over 100,000 cases of yaws were treated in Malaya.' In the 1960's, yaws were almost completely cleared and no cases were seen in places where thousands were present before the Elimination Campaign. In the 1970's, sporadic cases of...

New Diagnostics for Yaws

Yaws, caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue, is an important public health problem in many tropical countries. Like syphilis, the disease manifests in three stages; however, unlike syphilis, its route of transmission is nongenital skin-to-skin contact and not by sexual intercourse. Primary yaws manifests as either a papilloma or a chronic ulcer. Typically, ulcers are painless, with a rai...

Yaws in Manipur