[Treponemal serology in a Bi-Aka pygmy population of Central Africa]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1977 Jan-Feb;70(1):32-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A serologic survey on 196 blood samples (20% of the present population) in a Bi-Aka pygmean population in Central African Republic. The survey demonstrated the frequency of the unquestionably positive sera: 79.4% of the studied sera. The existence of 78.5% positive sera in children and the observation of yaws lesions suggest a massive and very probably endemic infestation with Treponema pertenue.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Central African Republic
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Serologic Tests
  • Treponemal Infections / diagnosis
  • Treponemal Infections / epidemiology*