Preferred Label : Yaws;
NCIt definition : An endemic, infectious, nonvenereal disease in humans that presents mainly in children
younger than 15 years. The disease occurs primarily in warm, humid, tropical areas
of Africa, Asia, South America, and Oceania, among poor rural populations where conditions
of overcrowding and poor sanitation prevail. Infection with Treponema pertenue, a
subspecies of Treponema pallidum, causes the disease.;
Origin ID : C41353;
UMLS CUI : C0043388;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Yaws [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Yaws [MedDRA Preferred Term]
DO Cross reference
Semantic type(s)
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Yaws [ICD-10 category (who)]
- Yaws [MedDRA Preferred Term]