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Yaws is a tropical infection of the skin, bones, and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The disease begins with a round, hard swelling of the skin, 2 to 5 cm (0.79 to 1.97 in) in diameter. [ 6 ]
Three stages of yaws disease have been documented: primary yaws which presents as inflamed sores on the lower body, secondary yaws which presents as a variety of skin abnormalities along with bone inflammation, and tertiary yaws, also referred to as latent yaws, which occurs when T. p. pertenue is serologically detected in the host but no ...
Bejel, or endemic syphilis, is a chronic skin and tissue disease caused by infection by the endemicum subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.Bejel is one of the "endemic treponematoses" (endemic infections caused by spiral-shaped bacteria called treponemes), a group that also includes yaws and pinta.
It is a chronic bacterial infection, transmitted by skin contact, and caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue. [51] It is treated with antibiotics and can be prevented through hygiene and sanitation. [51] Yaws is most prevalent in warm, moist tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. [51]
Pinta, the least severe of the treponemal infections being limited to the skin, is thought to be transmitted by skin-to-skin contact (similar to bejel and yaws), and after an incubation period of two to three weeks, produces a raised papule, which enlarges and becomes hyperkeratotic (scaly/flaky). Lesions are usually present on the exposed ...
Yaws; Yeast infection; Yellow fever; Yellow nail syndrome; Yemenite deaf-blind hypopigmentation syndrome; Yersinia pestis infection; Yersiniosis. Yersinia entercolitica infection; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection; Yim–Ebbin syndrome; Yolk sac tumor; Yorifuji–Okuno syndrome; Yoshimura–Takeshita syndrome; Young–Hugues syndrome; Young ...
As syphilis, bejel, and yaws vary considerably in mortality rates and the level of human disgust they elicit, it is important to know which one is under discussion in any given case, but it remains difficult for paleopathologists to distinguish among them. (Pinta is a skin disease and therefore unrecoverable through paleopathology.)
Syphilis (/ ˈ s ɪ f ə l ɪ s /) is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. [1] The signs and symptoms depend on the stage it presents: primary, secondary, latent or tertiary.