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The development and validation of dried blood spots for external quality assurance of syphilis serology. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Syphilis causes up to 1,500,000 congenital syphilis cases annually. These could be prevented if all pregnant women were screened, and those with syphilis treated with a single dose of penicillin before 28 weeks gestation.
Todd Jim, Mabey, David, Peeling, Rosanna W, Mngara Julius, Smit, Pieter W, Clark Benjamin D, Aura Andreasen, Mabey David, Changalucha John, Todd, Jim, van der Vlis Thomas, Peeling Rosanna W, Urassa, Mark, Benjamin D Clark, Julius Mngara, Urassa Mark, Pieter W Smit, Changalucha, John, Andreasen, Aura, Zaba Basia, Andreasen Aura, John Changalucha, Mark Urassa, van der Vlis, Thomas, Zaba, Basia, Mngara, Julius, Thomas van der Vlis, David Mabey, Basia Zaba, Rosanna W Peeling, Clark, Benjamin D, Jim Todd, Smit Pieter W   +32 more
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Gestational and congenital syphilis in a municipality in Brazil between 2014 and 2018

DST, 2019
Introduction: Syphilis is an infectious disease that can cause congenital syphilis when it affects pregnant women, resulting in malformation of the fetus, miscarriage, or fetal death.
Patricia Simon da Silva, Cassandra Severo Amaral Vieira, Ludmila Mourão Xavier Gomes, Thiago Luis de Andrade Barbosa   +3 more
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Congenital syphilis in East Baton Rouge parish, Louisiana: providers’ and women’s perspectives

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Congenital syphilis is completely preventable through screening and treatment, but rates have been rising in the United States. Certain areas are at particularly high risk. We aimed to assess attitudes, knowledge, and barriers around effective
Emily W. Harville, Gloria P. Giarratano, Pierre Buekens, Eurydice Lang, Jennifer Wagman   +4 more
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Cutaneous lymphomas – an update

Histopathology, EarlyView.
Primary cutaneous lymphomas and lymphoproliferative disorders are defined by integrated clinical, histopathological, immunophenotypic and genetic features as diagnostic criteria also in the 5th edition of the WHO classification of haematolymphoid tumors.
Werner Kempf, Christina Mitteldorf
wiley   +1 more source

Nodular Secondary Syphilis: Systematic Review of an Underrecognized Clinical Phenotype

International Journal of Dermatology, EarlyView.
Nodular secondary syphilis is a rare and often misdiagnosed manifestation of secondary syphilis with diverse clinical and histopathologic features. This systematic review of 144 cases highlights its frequent association with ulceration, generalized skin involvement, and HIV infection, emphasizing the importance of considering syphilis in the ...
Jacopo Tartaglia, Monica Ponzano, Alvise Sernicola, Roberto Mazzetto, Mauro Alaibac   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic and programmatic aspects of congenital syphilis prevention

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2004
A review of the economic and programmatic aspects of congenital syphilis was conducted and recommendations made for improvement of its prevention. Congenital syphilis is a preventable disease and the tools to prevent it have been available for decades ...
Schmid George
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Congenital syphilis in Switzerland: gone, forgotten, on the return

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2012
INTRODUCTION:Acquired syphilis has re-emerged in many Western European countries. In contrast to international guidelines, screening for syphilis in pregnancy is not generally recommended in Switzerland.
Sauteur Meyer, J Trück, PP Bosshard, M Tomaske, Cadenas Morán, S Lautenschlager, P Goetschel   +6 more
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Neuroanatomy education through the years: Revisiting the teaching slides used by Sir Wilfrid Edward Le Gros Clark

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
This paper examines the life and legacy of British anatomist Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark through his neuroanatomical teaching collection at the University of Oxford. The authors catalogued 103 specimens and analyzed selected slides—including cases of multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tabes dorsalis, syringomyelia, and the pineal gland's ...
Shiva A. Nischal, Kush M. Kale, Katherine Tourigny, Mohammed Abuelem, Gretchen Greene, Rachel Walsh, Zoltán Molnár   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Porphyromonas gingivalis GroEL accelerates abdominal aortic aneurysm formation by matrix metalloproteinase‐2 SUMOylation in vascular smooth muscle cells: A novel finding for the activation of MMP‐2

Molecular Oral Microbiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Infection is a known cause of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and matrix metalloproteases‐2 (MMP‐2) secreted by vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a key role in the structural disruption of the middle layer of the arteries during AAA progression.
Yi‐Wen Lin, Feng‐Yen Lin, Ze‐Hao Lai, Chien‐Sung Tsai, Yi‐Ting Tsai, Yen‐Sung Huang, Chen‐Wei Liu   +6 more
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Repercussions of the COVID- 19 pandemic on maternal and congenital syphilis in South Brazil: a time series analysis 2010-2022

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The global increase in maternal and congenital syphilis cases over the past decade has been substantial. In south Brazil, preexisting maternal and congenital syphilis epidemics have been worsened since the onset of COVID- 19.
Fernando Echegaray, Christopher J. Hernandez, Kavya G. Sundar, Lanbo Z. Yang, Mary Catherine Cambou, Eddy R. Segura, Marineide Gonçalves de Melo, Breno Riegel Santos, Ivana Rosângela dos Santos Varella, Karin Nielsen-Saines   +9 more
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