Clinical outcome of skin yaws lesions after treatment with benzathinebenzylpenicillin in a pygmy population in Lobaye, Central African Republic

BACKGROUND: Yaws is a bacterial skin and bone infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum pertenue. It is endemic, particularly among pygmies in Central African Republic. To assess the clinical cure rate after treatment with benzathinepenicillin in this population, we conducted a cohort survey o...

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Autores principales: Manirakiza, Alexandre, Boas, Susana Vilas, Beyam, Narcisse, Zadanga, Germain, Konamna, François Xavier, Njuimo, Siméon P, Laganier, Rémi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22171605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-543

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