Yaws in the Philippines: first reported cases since the 1970s

Table 1 Summary of clinical and serological information on active yaws cases (n = 4)

STUDY SITE	AGE	SEX	DPP RESULT			TPPA TITER	INTERPRETATION	CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS	Patient Group	Skin Findings
			1	2	3
			TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY	NON-TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY	CONTROL
Site F SULTAN KUDARAT	5	F	Reactive	Reactive	+	-	Active & Untreated	Secondary Yaws	student	multiple dry scaly papules on dorsum of feet
Site H COTABATO	10	M	Reactive	Reactive	+	1:320	Active & Untreated	Secondary Yaws	community	large, moist, yellow crusted papillomas left axilla, yellow crusted nodules on left knee, large whitish scaly papular plaque left thigh
	9	M	Reactive	Reactive	+	1:320	Active & Untreated	Secondary Yaws; Plantar yaws	community	face: yellow crusted pink nodule upper lip area; neck - hypertrophic scar; arms - multiple scaly whitish papules; thighs - hypopigmented patches; legs- dark brown patches with nodule ontop; feet - scaly hypopigmented papular plaques; soles - dry erosions and single moist pink-yellow nodule in erosion of heel
	5	F	Reactive	Reactive	+	1:320	Active & Untreated	Secondary Yaws	community	multiple small, scaly whitish macules; black crusted erosion on elbow

F Female, M Male, DPP Dual Path Platform Syphilis Screen and Confirm Assay, TPPA Treponema Pallidum Particle Agglutination, VDRL Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test

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