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Yaws disease pathology

Yaws

A two-page spread for a magazine with the objective of conveying the prevalence, transmission, and pathogenesis of yaws, a neglected tropical disease.

Clients: Dr. Shelley Wall, Dr. John Wong

Audience: Interested public

Format: Print (magazine), 11 x 17"

Media: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

Date: December 2018

Process Work

yaws ulcer illustration

A "tissue landscape" study of a ~2cm wide yaws ulcer, drawn as if the cellular environment were a landscape.

yaws tissue cubes

A "tissue cubes" study working out the stages of yaws pathogenesis.

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Iterations of the layout with changes made to the cube perspective, text, and graphic elements.

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Thumbnails to test different colour palettes.

References

  • González-Beiras C, Vall-Mayans M, González-Escalante Á, McClymont K, Ma L, Mitjà O. Case report: Yaws osteoperiostitis treated with single-dose azithromycin. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017;96(5):1039–41. 

  • Kositz C, Butcher R, Marks M. Images in clinical tropical medicine: New diagnostics for yaws. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017;96(1):3–4.

  • Marks M, Lebari D, Solomon AW, Higgins SP. Yaws. Int J STD AIDS [Internet]. 2015;26(10):696–703. Available from: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0956462414549036 

  • Mitjà O, Houinei W, Moses P, Kapa A, Paru R, Hays R, et al. Mass Treatment with Single-Dose Azithromycin for Yaws. N Engl J Med [Internet]. 2015;372(8):703–10. Available from: http://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1408586 

  • Skobe M, Detmar M. Structure, Function and Molecular Control of the Skin Lymphatic System 

  • Stevens A, Lowe JS, Young B. Wheater’s Basic Histopathology. Fourth ed. 2002. Churchill Livingstone. 44-45. 

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