Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for yaws infection in a community surveillance setting.

• Autori principali: Michael Marks (Autore), Adriana Goncalves (Autore), Ventis Vahi (Autore), Oliver Sokana (Autore), Elliot Puiahi (Autore), Zaixing Zhang (Autore), Tenneth Dalipanda (Autore), Christian Bottomley (Autore), David Mabey (Autore), Anthony W Solomon (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Yaws is a non-venereal treponemal infection caused by Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue. The WHO has launched a worldwide control programme, which aims to eradicate yaws by 2020. The development of a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for serological diagnosis in the isolated communities affected by yaws is...