New Aspects of an old Disease. Plan, Endemic Syphilis and Pinta: the endemic Treponematoses.

Yaws and the other endemic treponematoses (bejel or endemic syphilis, pinta) are resurging in many countries of Africa. Today there are more than 2.5 million cases of these diseases, 75% of them in children. More than 100 million additional children are at risk to these disabling and disfiguring i...

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Main Authors: Antoon De Schryver, André Meheus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 1988-09-01
Series:Afrika Focus
Online Access:https://ojs.ugent.be/AF/article/view/6485