Yaws

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 696-703

  Marks, Michael ^a,b   Lebari, Dornubari ^c   Solomon, Anthony W ^a,b   Higgins, Stephen P ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

neglected tropical diseases; non venereal endemic syphilis; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum pertenue; Yaws

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLOGY; BONE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INOCULATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAPULE; PERIOSTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SKIN DEFECT; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; YAWS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PENICILLIN G; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YAWS;

EID: 84938496180     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462414549036     Document Type: Review

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