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Princeton's WordNet

  1. yaws, frambesia, framboesianoun

    an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating lesions

Wiktionary

  1. yawsnoun

    A contagious tropical disease, caused by the spirochete Treponema pertenue, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, which often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries.

Wikipedia

  1. Yaws

    Yaws is a tropical infection of the skin, bones, and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue. The disease begins with a round, hard swelling of the skin, 2 to 5 cm (0.79 to 1.97 in) in diameter. The center may break open and form an ulcer. This initial skin lesion typically heals after 3–6 months. After weeks to years, joints and bones may become painful, fatigue may develop, and new skin lesions may appear. The skin of the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet may become thick and break open. The bones (especially those of the nose) may become misshapen. After 5 years or more, large areas of skin may die, leaving scars.Yaws is spread by direct contact with the fluid from a lesion of an infected person. The contact is usually of a nonsexual nature. The disease is most common among children, who spread it by playing together. Other related treponemal diseases are bejel (T. pallidum endemicum), pinta (T. carateum), and syphilis (T. p. pallidum). Yaws is often diagnosed by the appearance of the lesions. Blood antibody tests may be useful, but cannot separate previous from current infections. Polymerase chain reaction is the most accurate method of diagnosis.No vaccine has yet been found. Prevention is, in part, done by curing those who have the disease, thereby decreasing the risk of transmission. Where the disease is common, treating the entire community is effective. Improving cleanliness and sanitation also decreases spread. Treatment is typically with antibiotics, including: azithromycin by mouth or benzathine penicillin by injection. Without treatment, physical deformities occur in 10% of cases.Yaws is common in at least 13 tropical countries as of 2012. Almost 85% of infections occurred in three countries—Ghana, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. The disease only infects humans., although 18th century French historian Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix describes it as a disease among geese in the Antilles. Efforts in the 1950s and 1960s by the World Health Organization decreased the number of cases by 95%. Since then, cases have increased, but with renewed efforts to globally eradicate the disease by 2020. In 1995, the number of people infected was estimated at more than 500,000. In 2016, the number of reported cases was 59,000. Although one of the first descriptions of the disease was made in 1679 by Willem Piso, archaeological evidence suggests that yaws may have been present among human ancestors as far back as 1.6 million years ago.

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  1. yaws

    Yaws is a chronic tropical infectious disease caused by a bacterium known as Treponema pallidum pertenue. It primarily affects the skin, bone and cartilage. The disease is transmitted by direct skin-to-skin non-sexual contact with an infected person. Typically, yaws occurs in impoverished communities in warm, humid, and tropical climates. It is characterized by the development of painful sores and ulcers on the skin.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Yawsnoun

    a disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws

  2. Etymology: [African yaw a raspberry.]

Wikidata

  1. Yaws

    Yaws is a topical infection of the skin, bones and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue. Other treponemal diseases are bejel, pinta, and syphilis.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Yaws

    yaws, n. a tropical epidemic and contagious disease of the skin—also Frambœsia, Button scurvy, Verruga Peruviana, Buba or Boba, Patta, Tetia, &c.—adj. Yaw′ey, pertaining to the yaws. [African yaw, a raspberry.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Yaws

    A systemic non-venereal infection of the tropics caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies pertenue.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. YAWS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Yaws is ranked #64388 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Yaws surname appeared 309 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Yaws.

    95.4% or 295 total occurrences were White.
    1.9% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.9% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of yaws in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of yaws in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of yaws in a Sentence

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    We thought we would have been a lot further with Yaws, and that is basically because we don't have the medicines donated as we do with other diseases.

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