Yaws: Case Class, Reading the Test, and Azithromycin Dose (WHO)
Reads the yaws rapid and DPP tests, gives the WHO case class, and the azithromycin dose: 30 mg/kg once (maximum 2 g) or the age band, never under 6 months, with benzathine penicillin as the fallback.
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Example
- Age in years
- 8
- Weight in kg
- 25
- Lives or lived where yaws is or was endemic
- Yes
- Yaws-like skin lesion
- Yes
- Rapid test: control line visible
- Yes
- Rapid test: treponemal line visible
- Yes
Result: Treponemal-positive case. Azithromycin 750 mg once by mouth (30 mg/kg). The age band would give 2 tablets of 500 mg.
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What you enter
- Age in years
- Weight in kg (for 30 mg/kg)
- Lives or lived where yaws is or was endemic
- Yaws-like skin lesion
- Rapid test: control line visible
- Rapid test: treponemal line visible
- DPP: control line visible
- DPP: treponemal (T) line visible
The other 2 fields
- DPP: non-treponemal line visible
- PCR
How this is calculated
Citation
WHO. Eradication of yaws: surveillance, monitoring and evaluation manual. 2021, pp. viii-x. WHO. Eradication of yaws: a guide for programme managers. 2018, pp. 8-9. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.