A yaws campaign in Sierra Leone
- 1 January 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 42 (4) , 347-366
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(49)90083-8
Abstract
Mass treatment of yaws (esp. foot yaws) followed by the provision of dispensary service plus adequate home visitation facilities has materially lowered the incidence of the disease. A combination of acetylarsan (2.5 cc.) and bismuth salicylate (0.25 g.), in a series of 4 injns. spaced at 5-day intervals, proved the most effective method in carrying out the mass treatment.Keywords
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