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Yaws Circulating in Nonhuman Primates, Uganda and Rwanda

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue causes yaws in humans and nonhuman primates. We describe 33% T. pallidum pertenue seropositivity in 9 species of nonhuman primates in Uganda and Rwanda, seroconversion during a lethal outbreak and a novel bacterial genomic lineage. Yaws may threaten both public health and conservation in the region.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid3104.241562