RT Book, Section
A1 Marks, Michael
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182666813
T1 Yaws
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182666813
RD 2024/04/25
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