Yaws

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:
Nocardial mycetoma: diverse clinical presentations. Nocardia spp are gram-positive, aerobic, acid-fast bacteria which exist as...	17th November, 2009	Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Indira Gandhi Medical	Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2008 Nov-Dec;74(6):635-40.
Prevalence study of yaws in the Democratic Republic of Congo using the lot quality assurance sampling method. BACKGROUND: Until the 1970s the prevalence of non-venereal trepanomatosis,...	11th November, 2009		PLoS One. 2009 Jul 22;4(7):e6338. DOI Direct Link
Death of the first white resident of North Queensland. The first white resident of North Queensland's death certificate gives the...	11th November, 2009	Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.	Intern Med J. 2008 Oct;38(10):804-6. DOI Direct Link
Antitreponemal antibodies leading to autoantibody production and protection from atherosclerosis in Kitavans from Papua New Guinea. The objective of our study was to determine the prevalence of...	30th October, 2009	Department of Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.	Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Sep;1173:675-82. DOI Direct Link
Arsthinol nanosuspensions: pharmacokinetics and anti-leukaemic activity on NB4 promyelocytic leukaemia cells. OBJECTIVES: The organoarsenical arsthinol was used in the 1950s in the...	10th October, 2009	EA 3452 Cibles therapeutiques formulation et expertise preclinique du	J Pharm Pharmacol. 2009 Oct;61(10):1295-301. DOI Direct Link
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Yaws Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7289315	Computer controlled display device
7352359	Method and system for applying gearing effects to inertial tracking
7353853	Fiber placement machine
7364121	Methods and systems for automatically controlling aircraft takeoff rolls
7373227	Integrated sensing system
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