Overview Yaws forms part of a group of chronic bacterial infections commonly known as the endemic treponematoses. These diseases are caused by spiral bacteria of the genus Treponema, which also includes endemic syphilis (bejel) and pinta. Yaws is the most common of these 3 infections. The organism that causes yaws, Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, is closely related genetically to T ...
Yaws is a chronic skin infection characterized by papillomas (noncancerous lumps) and ulcers. It is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, which belongs to the same group of bacteria that causes venereal syphilis.
Yaws (also known as framboesia or pian) is a chronic disease of childhood caused by spiral bacteria Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue and part of the larger group of endemic treponematoses. The disease affects the skin, bones and cartilage and causes disfigurement and debilitation.
Yaws is a chronic infectious disease, caused by the Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue, which affects the skin, bone and cartilage. If left untreated, it can lead to deformities of the nose and bones of the leg. Transmission is through person-to-person contact of minor injuries. Poverty, low socio-economic conditions, and poor personal hygiene facilitate the spread of yaws.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS India’s successful elimination of yaws, a neglected tropical disease, leads the way towards global action to eradicate this disease. Its elimination has been a boon for marginalized and neglected poor populations in the affected areas. Successful role of the community level functionaries in reaching inaccessible, at-risk populations in controlling yaws paved the way for an ...
Yaws is a chronic infectious disease that is closely linked to poverty. It is eradicable as humans are the only hosts. A global campaign using benzathine penicillin injection reduced 95% of global cases in the late 1960s. However, abandonment of programmes and weak surveillance led to resurgence in many countries, prompting WHO to re-start control programmes in 2007. The discovery in 2012 that ...