ID#: 27801
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This historic image depicted an infant being held still by the baby’s parents, while a clinician was in the process of treating an outbreak of yaws lesions on the infant’s back and legs. Yaws is a bacterial infection caused by the bacterium, Treponema pallidum pertenue. The picture was captured in an unidentified village, in an outdoor setting, while numerous spectators watched the treatment taking place.
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Content Provider(s): CDC
Creation Date: 1959
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