Prioritizing surveillance activities for certification of yaws eradication based on a review and model of historical case reporting.

<h4>Background</h4>The World Health Organization (WHO) has targeted yaws for global eradication. Eradication requires certification that all countries are yaws-free. While only 14 Member States currently report cases to WHO, many more are known to have a history of yaws and some of them...

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Main Authors: Christopher Fitzpatrick, Kingsley Asiedu, Anthony W Solomon, Oriol Mitja, Michael Marks, Patrick Van der Stuyft, Filip Meheus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006953