Yaws, an endemic treponematosis reconsidered in the HIV era
Noordhoek, G.T.; van Embden, J.D.
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology 10(1): 4-5
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0934-9723 PMID: 2009878 DOI: 10.1007/bf01967089Document Number: 319687
Endemic foci of yaws are found in parts of Africa and South-East Asia and may be on the increase. The rapid spread of HIV infection in some of the same areas poses the question of whether HIV infection has any influence on endemic treponematoses. This influence includes the possibility of reactivation of latent treponemal infection, modification of yaws lesions and changes in serological test results. On the other hand it is conceivable that open yaws lesions facilitate the acquisition and transmission of HIV infection, as is believed early syphilis may do. [Investigation of these possibilities is worthwhile and incidentally should include bejel which also occurs in HIV-infected areas, although usually in a younger age-group.]G.W. Csonka.
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