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Yaws is a tropical infection of the skin, bones and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pertenue. Other treponematosis diseases are bejel , pinta , syphilis , and Lyme Disease (From the Wikpedia article Yaws.)

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Recent Publications on Yaws:

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Noble goals, unforeseen consequences: control of tropical diseases in colonial Central Africa and the iatrogenic transmission of blood-borne viruses.
BACKGROUND: In southern Cameroon, 40-50% of individuals born before 1945...
21st June, 2008
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Trop Med Int Health. 2008 Jun;13(6):744-53. Epub 2008 Apr 4.
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The sequence of the acidic repeat protein (arp) gene differentiates venereal from nonvenereal Treponema pallidum subspecies, and the gene has evolved under strong positive selection in the subspecies that causes syphilis.
Despite the completion of the Treponema pallidum genome project, only...
17th June, 2008
Department of Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Emory FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2008 Jun 12;.
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Cutaneous chancroid in a visitor from Vanuatu.
A 23-year-old woman from Vanuatu presented to an Australian hospital with...
28th May, 2008
School of Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns Campus, Cairns, Australas J Dermatol. 2008 May;49(2):98-9.
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On the origin of the treponematoses: a phylogenetic approach.
BACKGROUND: Since the first recorded epidemic of syphilis in 1495,...
1st February, 2008
Department of Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Emory PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 Jan 15;2(1):e148.
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Infectious diseases. Isolated tribe gives clues to the origins of syphilis.
BACKGROUND: Since the first recorded epidemic of syphilis in 1495,...
1st February, 2008
Science. 2008 Jan 18;319(5861):272.
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Yaws Clinical Trials:

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The Role of Visceral Hyperalgesia, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) and Esophageal Motility Disorder (EMD) in NCCP Patients
Non-Cardiac Chest Pain

Yaws Patents:

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US Patent No.Title
7236884 Automotive lane deviation prevention apparatus
7220728 Methods of inducing mucosal immunity
7236615 Synergistic face detection and pose estimation with energy-based models
7235397 Methods and compositions for culturing spirochete and treating spirochetal diseases
7232667 Keratinocyte growth factor-2 polynucleotides

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