Table 2 Summary of clinical and serological information on latent and past yaws cases (n = 10)
From: Yaws in the Philippines: first reported cases since the 1970s
Study site | Age | Sex | DPP result | TPPA titer | History & skin findings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
Treponemal antibody | Non-treponemal antibody | Control | Interpretation | Clinical diagnosis | Patient group | |||||
Site A, Datu Piang, Maguindanao | 27 | F | Reactive | Reactive | Positive | Reactive 1:160 | Active & untreated | Latent yaws | HH | Claims she had yaws during childhood; scars noted |
39 | F | Reactive | Reactive | Positive | Reactive 1:320 | Active & untreated | Latent yaws | HH | Claims she had yaws in childhood; dark brown patches/plaques on dorsum of feet | |
Site B Kabuntalan, Maguindanao | 42 | F | Reactive | NR | Positive | Reactive 1:320 | Past/ treated | Past Yaws | HH | Claims she had yaws lesions before; atrophic scars on knees |
Site F, Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat | 33 | M | Reactive | Reactive | Positive | Reactive 1:320 | Active & untreated | Latent yaws | Community | School teacher; recalls he had yaws skin lesions in the past; (+)VDRL in 2006; given unrecalled injectable during a medical mission; no other household members with yaws lesions; No yaws skin lesions; (+) psoriasiform plaque on nape |
36 | F | Reactive | Reactive | Positive | Active & untreated | Latent yaws | HH | Mother of yaws case; No skin lesions noted | ||
40 | M | Reactive | Weakly Reactive | Positive | Active & untreated | Latent yaws | HH | Father of yaws case; No skin lesions note | ||
Site H Tulunan, Cotabato | 32 | F | Reactive | Reactive | Positive | Reactive 1:320 | Active & untreated | Latent yaws | Community | Recurrent pruritic papules on arms and legs after working in the fields; No yaws skin lesions; Dx. post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation due to allergic contact dermatitis |
Site J Pigkawayan, Cotabato | 23 | F | Weakly reactive | Reactive | Positive | Reactive 1:320 | Active & untreated | Latent yaws | HH | (+)VDRL in the past; aunt of student |
42 | F | Weakly reactive | NR | Positive | Reactive 1:320 | Past/treated | Past Yaws | HH | (+)VDRL in the past; no skin lesions noted | |
80 | M | Reactive | Reactive | Positive | Reactive 1:160 | Active & untreated | Latent yaws | HH | No skin lesions noted | |