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Yaws and other (non-Syphilis) endemic t reponematoses

Yaws and other (non-Syphilis) endemic t reponematoses. Jordan Oakes. Treponema pallidum is a species of Gram negative spirochete that cause treponemal diseases. Yaws, also known as Frambesia tropica , is a chronic infection of the skin, bones and joints.

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Yaws and other (non-Syphilis) endemic t reponematoses

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  1. Yaws and other (non-Syphilis) endemic treponematoses Jordan Oakes

  2. Treponemapallidum is a species of Gram negative spirochete that cause treponemal diseases.

  3. Yaws, also known as Frambesiatropica, is a chronic infection of the skin, bones and joints

  4. Yaws is an ancient and tropical disease that has been affecting hominids for 1.5 million years

  5. WHO estimates 75% of all people affected by Yaws are under the age of 15

  6. The disease begins with the appearance of the “Mother Yaw” and can lead to tissue destruction and bone and joint disfigurement.

  7. There are three stages of infection; primary, secondary and tertiary

  8. Infection is transmitted through direct contact with pus from an open lesion

  9. All treponemal diseases can be cured with penicillin, tetracycline or erythromycin

  10. Yaws is on it’s was to being eradicated from many countries

  11. References • http://www.drugs.com/health-guide/yaws.html • http://www.bvgh.org/Biopharmaceutical-Solutions/Global-Health-Primer/Diseases/cid/ViewDetails/ItemID/28.aspx • http://www.medicinenet.com/yaws/article.htm • http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section10/Section2134/Section2135_10827.htm • http://www.asnom.org/en/422_treponematoses.html • http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Treponema_pallidum • http://web.squ.edu.om/med-Lib/MED_CD/E_CDs/health%20development/html/clients/skin/html/skin_05.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tetracycline_structure.svg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Erythromycin_A.svg • http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs316/en/ • http://www.bvgh.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=f9h19P1K4Vs%3d&tabid=178

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