Yaws in the Philippines: first reported cases since the 1970s

BACKGROUND: Yaws is a chronic, highly contagious skin and bone infection affecting children living in impoverished, remote communities and caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue. The Philippines was thought to be free of yaws following the 1950s eradication campaign but it has been reporte...

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Autores principales: Dofitas, Belen Lardizabal, Kalim, Sherjan P., Toledo, Camille B., Richardus, Jan Hendrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6990502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31996251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0617-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6990502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31996251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0617-6

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