#Leprosy, #scabies and #yaws - Togo's neglected tropical skin diseases need attention

https://theconversation.com/leprosy-scabies-and-yaws-togos-neglected-tropical-skin-diseases-need-attention-201301

More recently, we looked at prevalence on #skinNTDs in school and rural community settings in #Togo (plenty of scabies, occasional cases of #yaws and #buruliulcer, and lots of superficial #fungal disease).
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010697

Image on this post shows most common sites around the body where scabies presentations were observed by the dermatologists on this study.

A lot of fungal skin infections, 24% prevalence. Also, 6.1% prevalence of #scabies across these settings. Several cases of #yaws, and the occasional #leprosy and #Buruliulcer case.
And 5% of those with a #skininfection reported associated #stigma.

See image showing site of the body where scabies was observed (created by colleague
Ashley Heinson).

Buttocks, wrists, and between the fingers the most commons sites, but lesions observed across many body sites. More in supplementary information.