TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Yaws A1 - Marks, Michael A2 - Boulton, Matthew L. A2 - Wallace, Robert B. Y1 - 2022 N1 - T2 - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e AB - The human treponematoses remain important health problems worldwide.1 Venereal syphilis, caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, is a major public health challenge in both low and high-income settings whilst the three endemic (nonvenereal) endemic treponematoses remain significant problems in more focal regions of the world. Of the three endemic treponematoses (yaws, bejel, and pinta), yaws is the most prevalent globally.2 SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182666813 ER -