Re-emergence of syphilis in women of reproductive age and its association with the increase in congenital syphilis in Mexico during 2010–2019: an ecological study [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021 Background Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that is re-emerging in different parts of the world. This infection can be transmitted during pregnancy, causing neonatal syphilis.
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Evaluating the MedMira Multiplo® Complete Syphilis (TP/nTP) antibody test in a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Ottawa, Canada: increased rapid diagnosis and improved antibiotic stewardship [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Syphilis now affects every population and serology is the mainstay of diagnosis. The issue is that serology has a turnaround time of several days. One solution is point-of-care tests (POCTs), which can provide results in minutes.
Patrick O’Byrne +6 more
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Spatiotemporal trends and determinants of syphilis among heterosexual males and females in the Netherlands, 2011 to 2023 [PDF]
EurosurveillanceBACKGROUND Syphilis is increasing among females and heterosexual males (heterosexuals) in Europe and other Western countries. In the Netherlands, there has been an increase in syphilis positivity and diagnoses over the last 10 years. Research on syphilis
Birgit HB van Benthem
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Laboratory evaluation of two point-of-care test kits for the identification of infectious syphilis
Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2022 Background: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that can have atypical clinical presentations. Conventional laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis are not rapid enough to affect clinical decision on treatment and contact tracing. Rapid point-of-
Raymond SW Tsang +4 more
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Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2022 Contexte : La syphilis est une maladie sexuellement transmissible dont le tableau clinique peut être atypique. Les tests de laboratoire classiques pour confirmer le diagnostic ne sont pas assez rapides pour influencer la décision clinique sur le ...
Raymond SW Tsang +4 more
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Chinese Medical Journal, 2022 . Background:. So far, there is a paucity of real-world data on the syphilis serological responses to the first-line treatment during pregnancy, and there is no relevant study on the necessity of anti-syphilis treatment during pregnancy for those ...
Jin Wei +3 more
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The current status of syphilis prevention and control in Jiangsu province, China: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 To analyze the midterm evaluation data from the National Syphilis Prevention and Control Plan (2010-2020) and evaluate the current status of syphilis prevention and control in Jiangsu province, China.We collected data via (1) field surveys conducted in ...
Yuan-Fang Chen +10 more
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Syphilis - a disease that still occurs
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 Introduction: Syphilis is a systemic disease caused by Treponema pallidum. Humans are the only hosts, and the incubation period lasts from 9-90 days. Currently it can be divided into congenital or acquired.
Rami Ben Rhaiem +9 more
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Congenital syphilis in Switzerland: a retrospective cohort study, 2010 to 2019
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023 AIMS OF THE STUDY: We previously reported a re-emergence of syphilis from 2006 to 2009 with detection of congenital syphilis in Switzerland. This study aimed to reassess the incidence of children exposed to maternal syphilis during pregnancy and ...
Gioia Scherler +10 more
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COVID-19 and syphilis co-dynamic analysis using mathematical modeling approach
Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 2023 In this study, we have proposed and analyzed a new COVID-19 and syphilis co-infection mathematical model with 10 distinct classes of the human population (COVID-19 protected, syphilis protected, susceptible, COVID-19 infected, COVID-19 isolated with ...
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