Yaws is a tropical infection of the skin, bones and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue.
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- WHO: Yaws Provides information on this chronic infection that affects mainly the skin, bone and cartilage, its symptoms, worldwide control and prevention.
- Yaws: A Forgotten Disease Factsheet on this chronic infection including past control efforts, its possible eradication, its prevalence, symptoms and treatment.
- MedicineNet: Yaws Factsheet on this bacterial disease including causes, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis, transmission and prevention.
- eMedicine - Yaws : Article by Natalie C Klein, MD, PhD Yaws is a contagious, nonvenereal, treponemal infection in humans that presents mainly in children younger than 15 years.
- MedlinePlus: Yaws Factsheet with causes, symptoms, exams and tests, treatment, outlook, possible complications and prevention.