Yaws is a tropical disease that infects the skin, bones and cartilage. It is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue. Mostly children in remote tropical areas of Africa, ...

Yaws—a tropical bacterial disease of the skin, bones and joints—has re-emerged in rural, tropical parts of Africa, Asia, and South America. A study published Online First by The Lancet shows that a ...

An adult female sooty mangabey suffering from a Treponema pallidum pertenue infection. Nearly six percent of flies in the mangabey group were found to carry the DNA of this pathogen. Disclaimer: AAAS ...

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An international research team, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, the University of Tübingen, the National School of Anthropology and History in ...