Yaws in the Philippines: A clinico-seroprevalence study of selected communities in Mindanao

BACKGROUND: Yaws is a chronic, highly contagious skin and bone infection affecting children living in impoverished, remote communities. It is caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue. We report the prevalence of active yaws among elementary schoolchildren based on clinical and serological criter...

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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: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9159601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35648735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010447

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9159601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35648735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010447

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