Term Name: yaws
Synonyms: Bouba, frambesia, frambesia tropica, frambosie, polypapilloma tropicum, thymosis
Definition: A primary bacterial infectious disease that results in infection located in skin, located in joint or located in bone, has_material_basis_in Treponema pallidum subsp pertenue, which is transmitted by direct skin contact with an infected person. The infection has symptom skin lesions.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:10371]   ( DOID:10371 )

Relationships
is a type of: primary bacterial infectious disease
has subtype: early yaws late yaws