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. 1989 Oct;65(5):316–318. doi: 10.1136/sti.65.5.316

Early yaws, imported in The Netherlands.

H J Engelkens 1, A P Oranje 1, E Stolz 1
PMCID: PMC1194384  PMID: 2583714

Abstract

Early yaws in a 9 year old girl from Ghana, diagnosed as imported disease in The Netherlands is reported. She had lived in The Netherlands for six months. Tropical non-venereal treponematoses are rarely seen in Europe, and only a few case reports have been published. Migration and travelling may confront the medical profession with cases of tropical diseases such as yaws. Positive serological reactions in non-venereal tropical or venereal treponematoses cannot be distinguished at present.

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