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Table 3 Summary of yaws cases (suspected and confirmed) reported after 1973

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

Year

Children

>  15 years old

Total

Location

Method of detection

Reported by

Reference

2017

4

10

14

Mindanao

Clinical & serological survey (DPP & TPPA)

Dofitas B

Dofitas B, 2017 (current publication)

2012

2

97 women

99

Mindanao

Serological survey (women: RDT & VDRL quanti; children RDT)

Kalim S

Kalim S, 2013 (Unpublished)

2009

0

25.5% pregnant women

25.5% pregnant women

Mindanao

Serological survey (pre-natal/post-natal screening for syphilis)

Medicins Sans Frontieres

11

2000

77

41

118

Mindanao

Clinical skin survey

Dofitas B

Dofitas B (Unpublished)

  1. DPP Dual Path Platform Syphilis Screen and Confirm Assay, TPPA Treponema Pallidum Particle Agglutination, RDT SD Bioline Syphilis Rapid Diagnostic Test, VDRL Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test.