yaws
MONDO:0006019Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names yaws yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An endemic, infectious, nonvenereal disease in humans that presents mainly in children younger than 15 years. The disease occurs primarily in warm, humid, tropical areas of Africa, Asia, South America, and Oceania, among poor rural populations where conditions of overcrowding and poor sanitation prevail. Infection with Treponema pertenue, a subspecies of Treponema pallidum, causes the disease.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006019), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (4)
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: yaws
- Also called
- Boubaframbesiaframbesia tropicaTreponema pallidum subsp. pertenue caused disease or disorderTreponema pallidum subsp. pertenue disease or disorderTreponema pallidum subsp. pertenue infectious disease