Ancient 'syphilis-like' disease in Vietnam challenges long-held assumptions on congenital infection The findings of a new study by a Charles Sturt University researcher and colleagues challenge a long-standing assumption used by scientists studying ancient disease. The study is published in the…

Ancient #disease in #Vietnam challenges long-held assumptions on #congenital #infection ...

| #treponemal | #treponematosis | #syphilis | #yaws | #pathogens | By @csu.edu.au via @sciencex.bsky.social

January cover of The Lancet Microbe

Our January issue is now online:

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Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #influenza #H5N1 #AMR #Bordetella #pertussis #Yaws #Treponema #MDA #Hpylori #SARS-CoV-2

#IDSky #ClinMicro #OA

Amber Barton on mass drug administration to eradicate yaws in Papua New Guinea - The Lancet Microbe in conversation with Phoebe Ashley-Norman of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Amber Barton about the neglected tropical disease, yaws. Efforts to eradicate yaws were first made in the 1950s through a WHO and UNICEF campaign t...

Also, author Amber Barton discusses this work with us in this linked podcast

www.buzzsprout.com/1794195/epis...

#IDSky #ClinMicro #yaws #Treponema #MDA #AMR #OpenAccess #OA

New research article

Effect of repeated mass drug administration on the transmission of #yaws: a retrospective genomic epidemiology study

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#IDSky #ClinMicro #Treponema #MDA #AMR #OpenAccess #OA

@sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Billie Eilish concert tonight #yaws

#ISNTDConnect Always a pleasure to revisit this excellent session; our three speakers share their lessons learned on detecting cases of neglected tropical diseases in hard to reach communities #yaws #noma and #schistosomiasis (recorded Oct 23).
👉https://youtu.be/oiVXkcj0f30?si=bwBHvAY8tyv5ZOqU

A map of Ghana, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire and the Republic of Congo showing the districts where the study was conducted.

A table showing the sensitivity and specificity of the novel LAMP assay compared to reference qPCR testing.

Our study out in Lancet Global Health tinyurl.com/3rfarudd A multi-country study of diagnostic for #Yaws. Test performed well in lab studies but poorly in real-world & users found it too complex. Emphasises need to evaluate tests in context where they will actually be used not idealised conditions.

Scientists describe a new transmission path of a tropical disease Lesions on arms and legs, deformed faces – yaws is a tropical disease that infects the skin, bones and cartilage. It is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue. Mostly children ...

2a) #Yaws, Framboesia tropica,
➡️ Treponema pertenue ssp.
#flies/vector
#spread in nonhuman reservoirs

➡️ never ending story

phys.org/news/2016-08...

Yaws Eradication — A Goal Finally within Reach | NEJM Sustained implementation of mass treatment with oral azithromycin followed by active surveillance and targeted treatment of symptomatic and latent yaws, particularly in children, should lead to yaw...

I witnessed many #yaws cases when I was in Guyana: Yaws Eradication Within Reach@NEJM @AmeshAA @picardonhealth

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