YAWS
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- What type of infection is Yaws?
- What is the causative agent of Yaws?
- How long is the Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue bacterium?
- How does Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue appear under a microscope?
- Where does the Yaws agent occur in the body?
- Who first described Yaws in 1807?
- How did Thomas Sydenham refer to Yaws?
- When did the World Health Assembly recognize Yaws as part of endemic treponematoses?
- What significant program was initiated in the 1950s regarding Yaws?
- How many cases of Yaws were reported in the 1990s?
- In which regions is Yaws typically found?
- What was the WHO estimate of Yaws cases?
- In what year was Yaws eliminated in India?
- What did the WHO announce in 2007 regarding Yaws?
- What did the 2010 surveys reveal about Yaws?
- What is the major route of Yaws transmission?
- How is Yaws not transmitted?
- Which sex is more commonly affected by Yaws?
- What age group is primarily affected by Yaws?
- Is there natural immunity to Yaws in humans?
- What climate is Yaws endemic in?
- What social factors contribute to Yaws prevalence?
- What are the clinical stages of Yaws?
- What characterizes the primary stage of Yaws?
- What happens to Yaws lesions in most patients?
- What are common complications of Yaws lesions?
- What is the incubation period for Yaws?
- What symptoms are included in the prodromal period of Yaws?
- How do primary lesions of Yaws progress?
- How does Treponeme disseminate in the body?
- What characterizes papillomatous lesions of Yaws?
- What occurs in the secondary stage of Yaws?
- What is Framboesia in the context of Yaws?
- What characterizes the tertiary stage of Yaws?
- What deformities can develop in untreated Yaws patients?
- What laboratory tests are used for Yaws diagnosis?
- What do confirmatory treponemal tests include?
- What can dark-field examination of early lesions reveal?
- What histologic findings are typical of early Yaws?
- How can Yaws be diagnosed?