Epidemiological situation of yaws in the Americas: A systematic review in the context of a regional elimination goal.

• Main Authors: Ana Clara Zoni (Author), Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz (Author), Luis Gerardo Castellanos (Author), Rubén Santiago Nicholls (Author), Vendula Blaya-Novakova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

BACKGROUND:Yaws is targeted for eradication by 2020 in the WHA66.12 resolution of the World Health Assembly. The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of yaws in the Americas and to contribute to the compilation of evidence based on published data to undertake the certification of y...