yaws

human disease: tropical infection of the skin, bones and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue; primarily affects children
MedicalCondition infectious_disease Q76973
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yaws

Summary

yaws is an infectious disease[1]. yaws has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • yaws's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[3].
  • yaws's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • strawberry is named after yaws[5].
  • yaws is a type of primary bacterial infectious disease[6].
  • yaws is a type of treponematosis[7].
  • yaws is a type of bone disease[8].
  • yaws is a type of cellulitis[9].
  • yaws is a type of neglected tropical disease[10].
  • yaws is a type of skin disease[11].
  • yaws is a type of disease[12].
  • yaws's Commons category is recorded as Yaws[13].
  • yaws's symptoms and signs is recorded as primary affect[14].
  • yaws's symptoms and signs is recorded as fever[15].
  • yaws's symptoms and signs is recorded as lymphadenopathy[16].
  • yaws's symptoms and signs is recorded as arthralgia[17].
  • yaws's symptoms and signs is recorded as scar[18].
  • yaws's has cause is recorded as Treponema pertenue[19].
  • yaws's medical examination is recorded as physical examination[20].
  • yaws's medical examination is recorded as immunofluorescence microscopy[21].
  • yaws's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • yaws's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • yaws's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 102.9[24].
  • yaws's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 102[25].
  • yaws's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 102.7[26].
  • yaws's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C41353[27].

Why It Matters

yaws has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] yaws is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23h ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of primary bacterial infectious disease, treponematosis, bone disease +4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39915|batch #39915]]: rm redundant disease superclass"
  2. 2d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of primary bacterial infectious disease, treponematosis, bone disease +4
    Instance of infectious disease, class of disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39742|batch #39742]]: subclass of disease, not instance"
  3. 2d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of primary bacterial infectious disease, treponematosis, bone disease +4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39732|batch #39732]]: rm redundant subclass"
  4. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Drug or therapy used for treatment benzylpenicillin, penicillin v, azithromycin +1
    Subclass of
    Symptoms and signs primary affect, fever, lymphadenopathy +2
    Instance of
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007531693705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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