Sensitivity and specificity of a rapid point-of-care test for active yaws: a comparative study

• Main Authors: Telek Ayove, BSc (Author), Wendy Houniei, HEO (Author), Regina Wangnapi, MBBS (Author), Sibauk V Bieb, MBBS (Author), Walter Kazadi, MD (Author), Lisol-Nirau Luke, BSc (Author), Clement Manineng, MBBS (Author), Penias Moses, HEO (Author), Raymond Paru, BSc (Author), Javan Esfandiari, MSc (Author), Prof. Pedro L Alonso, MD (Author), Elisa de Lazzari, MSc (Author), Quique Bassat, MD (Author), Prof. David Mabey, MD (Author), Dr. Oriol Mitjà, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: To eradicate yaws, national control programmes use the Morges strategy (initial mass treatment and biannual resurveys). The resurvey component is designed to actively detect and treat remaining yaws cases and is initiated on the basis of laboratory-supported reactive non-treponemal serol...