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BMJ, 2019 Syphilis is an infectious disease caused by the spirochaete Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum which is transmitted by sexual contact or vertical transmission during pregnancy. The incidence of syphilis has increased in the last years, mainly among men who have sex with men.
Paul MacPherson, Patrick O'Byrne
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When Is Syphilis Not Syphilis? Or Is It? [PDF]
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2014 The correspondence by Mikalova et al.1 in this issue of Sexually Transmitted Diseases makes the important and very interesting observation that the genital lesion of a man diagnosed as having primary syphilis in Paris, France2, contained a Treponema strain that displays several molecular signatures that suggest infection not with Treponema pallidum ...
Sheila A. Lukehart, Lorenzo Giacani
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Der Urologe, 2006 The incidence of syphilis, an infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum, is low worldwide. The knowledge of its symptoms is however important, since the infectivity is high and therapy is comparatively easy. The first feature of an infection is the chancre, which is nearly always located in the genital region.
D A, Lewis, H, Young
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An Unusual Case of Tertiary Syphilis Behaving Like Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma. [PDF]
, 2018 Syphilis may present with a myriad of oral manifestations in the primary, secondary, and tertiary stages, and may be confused with malignancy. Despite a rise in the incidence of syphilis, tertiary syphilis is exceedingly rare.
Farwell, D Gregory +2 more
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Effects of syphilis infection among HIV-1-positive individuals on suppressive antiretroviral therapy
AIDS Research and Therapy, 2022 Introduction Incident syphilis leads to changes in plasma HIV-1 RNA and CD4 + T-cell level in people with HIV (PWH) with viraemia. Its effect in PWH on suppressive antiretroviral therapy (ART) is less clear.
Phillip Chan +13 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundStarting in 2010, the Chinese government initiated a 10-year syphilis control plan, called the national syphilis control plan (NSCP), to address the emerging threat of syphilis.
Lingen Shi +11 more
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Elimination of Congenital Syphilis in Ukraine: Analysis and the Emerging Issues [PDF]
, 2017 The objective of this study is to analyze the indicators of the process of elimination of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis in Ukraine thus helping to prepare for elimination of this process according to the WHO targets and criteria ...
Derevyanko, L. (Lyudmyla)
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BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives In British Columbia, Canada, syphilis is at record-high rates, with over 80% of cases in 2017 seen in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM).
Troy Grennan +6 more
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Five year retrospective study on Syphilis in the Sexual Transmitted Disease (STD) centre of the teaching hospital Umberto I in Rome [PDF]
, 2018 Objectives: A retrospective study describing syphilis epidemiological and clinical features in patients referring to an infectious diseases centre in Rome, Italy.
Cinzia Conti +6 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundSyphilis has caused epidemics for hundreds of years, and the global syphilis situation remains serious. The reported incidence rate of syphilis in Zhejiang Province has ranked first in the province in terms of notifiable infectious diseases for
Haocheng Wu +10 more
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