| a small yaws survey on the island of sumatra, indonesia. | yaws (framboesia tropica), caused by treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, is a chronic infectious disease, found in tropical rural regions. as a result of mass treatment campaigns conducted in the 1950s and 1960s the prevalence of yaws and the other endemic treponematoses (pinta and endemic syphilis) has decreased greatly. however, in several tropical regions in the world resurgence of yaws was reported in the 1980s. in this article we present the results of a small survey on yaws in six heal ... | 1992 | 1485494 |
| yaws in west sumatra, indonesia: clinical manifestations, serological findings and characterisation of new treponema isolates by dna probes. | the results of a yaws survey on the island of sumatra in indonesia are presented. the prevalence of yaws in the investigated region was found to be very high, a minimum of 300 cases per 100,000 individuals, which indicates that yaws is far from being eradicated and that campaigns for treatment are necessary. patients suffering from early infectious yaws showed florid skin lesions. of 101 serum samples from such patients, 100 had a positive reaction in one or more treponemal tests. the treponema ... | 1991 | 2009873 |