World Health and Treponematoses

Guthe, T; Reynolds, Frank W.

doi:10.1136/sti.27.1.1

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“…However, since congenital syphilis, though commonly seen in Africans in the first year or two of life, is rarely encountered later, and since no cases suggestive of endemic syphilis have been seen, this possibility seems remote. Furthermore, Guthe and Reynolds (1951), reporting on endemic syphilis in Bosnia, noted that the sero-positivity rate rose from 0-6 per cent. in the 0 to 5 years age group to 13 4 per cent.…”

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Value of the Kahn Test in Africans

Evans¹

1955

Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Value of the Kahn Test in Africans

Evans¹

1955

Sexually Transmitted Infections

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“…This makes clinical identification and diagnosis difficult and requires the additional use of specialised blood tests or darkfield microscopy (Mitjà, Šmajs, and Bassat 2013). There is thus considerable overlap between syphilis and other treponematoses (especially yaws, but also njovera, pinta, and bejel) in the medical literature of the mid-twentieth century (Guthe, Reynolds, and Krag 1953;Guthe and Reynolds 1951;Rein 1953). Indeed, yaws is also referred to as 'endemic syphilis' and, even though the two diseases were known to be caused by different microorganisms, there was scientific consensus that they responded to the same treatment and epidemiology, differing only in their clinical manifestations (Guthe, Reynolds, and Krag 1953;Hackett and Guthe 1956).…”

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Antibiotic Arrivals in Africa: A Case Study of Yaws and Syphilis in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Uganda

Lopez

Manyau²,

Dixon

et al. 2022

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The mass production of antibiotics in the 1940s enabled their travel beyond Europe and America, but to date the significance of the ways in which these medicines co-constituted colonial regimes at the time has not been systematically described. Through a case study of yaws and syphilis, this research article traces arrivals of antibiotics in three countries of Eastern Africa—Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Uganda. We draw attention to the emergent roles of antibiotics at the intersection of colonial governance and humanitarianism in these different settings. Through this analysis of archival and ethnographic materials, we explore how antibiotics became ‘infrastructural’ in material, affective, and political ways. Achieving a better understanding of the entanglement of antibiotics with human systems and lives is crucial to address the pressing issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). With this article we join in the global multidisciplinary efforts to tackle AMR, pointing out the often-overlooked role of colonial history in the circulation of antibiotic drugs, and opening a line of research that will provide valuable insights for the development of effective measures to prevent and reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance.

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Medical Statistics and World Health

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1950

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World Health and Treponematoses

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Value of the Kahn Test in Africans

Value of the Kahn Test in Africans

Antibiotic Arrivals in Africa: A Case Study of Yaws and Syphilis in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Uganda

Medical Statistics and World Health

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