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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
'''Yaws''' is a tropical [[infection]] of the [[skin]], [[bone]]s and joints caused by the [[spirochete]] [[bacterium]] ''Treponema pertenue''. Other treponematosis diseases are [[bejel]] (''Treponema endemicum''), [[pinta (disease)|pinta]] (''Treponema carateum''), [[syphilis]] (''Treponema pallidum''), and [[Lyme Disease]] (''Borrelia burgdorferi''). | '''Yaws''' is a tropical [[infection]] of the [[skin]], [[bone]]s and joints caused by the [[spirochete]] [[bacterium]] ''Treponema pertenue''. Other treponematosis diseases are [[bejel]] (''Treponema endemicum''), [[pinta (disease)|pinta]] (''Treponema carateum''), [[syphilis]] (''Treponema pallidum''), and [[Lyme Disease]] (''Borrelia burgdorferi''). | ||
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Yaws is an infection caused by the spiral-shaped bacteria, [[Treponema pallidum]], subspecies pertenue. It is closely related to the [[bacterium]] that causes [[syphilis]], but this disease is not [[sexually transmitted]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Yaws is a tropical infection of the skin, bones and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pertenue. Other treponematosis diseases are bejel (Treponema endemicum), pinta (Treponema carateum), syphilis (Treponema pallidum), and Lyme Disease (Borrelia burgdorferi).
Causes
Yaws is an infection caused by the spiral-shaped bacteria, Treponema pallidum, subspecies pertenue. It is closely related to the bacterium that causes syphilis, but this disease is not sexually transmitted.