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Volume 31, Number 4—April 2025

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Yaws Circulating in Nonhuman Primates, Uganda and Rwanda

Tony L. GoldbergComments to Author , Leah A. Owens, Julius Nziza, Richard Muvunyi, Jessica M. Rothman, Patrick Omeja, and Colin A. Chapman
Author affiliation: University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (T.L. Goldberg, L.A. Owens); Gorilla Doctors, Musanze, Rwanda (J. Nziza); Rwanda Development Board, Kigali, Rwanda (R. Muvunyi); Hunter College of City University of New York, New York, New York, USA (J.M. Rothman); New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York (J.M. Rothman); Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda (P. Omeja); Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada (C.A. Chapman)

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Table 2

Seroconversion of red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus tephrosceles) to Treponema pallidum pertenue in Kibale National Park, Uganda, after an outbreak of yaws, July 2013

Sex Age at 1st sampling in 2012 Age at 2nd sampling in 2014 Days between samplings Test result at 1st sampling in 2012 Test result at 2nd sampling in 2014
F Adult Adult 1,722 Negative Positive
F Adult Adult 990 Negative Negative
F Adult Adult 995 Negative Positive
F Adult Adult 758 Negative Positive
F Adult Adult 759 Negative Negative
M Subadult Adult 1,073 Negative Positive
M Subadult Adult 940 Negative Negative
M Subadult Adult 823 Negative Negative
M Subadult Adult 796 Negative Negative
M Subadult Adult 726 Negative Negative
M Adult Adult 1,590 Negative Negative
M Adult Adult 612 Negative Positive
M Adult Adult 1,080 Negative Positive
M Adult Adult 934 Negative Negative
M Adult Adult 834 Negative Negative
M Adult Adult 893 Positive Positive
M Adult Adult 835 Positive Positive
M Adult Adult 869 Negative Negative
M Adult Adult 784 Negative Negative
M Adult Adult 794 Negative Negative
M Adult Adult 726 Negative Positive

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