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JAAPA, 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.
Joshua R, Merson, Mimoza, Shehu
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The LancetSyphilis is known as the "great imitator" and can occur in any stage of the disease and involve virtually any ocular structure, causing conjunctivitis, conjunctival chancre, episcleritis, scleritis, interstitial keratitis, uveitis, chorioretinitis, retinitis, vasculitis, neuroretinitis, papillitis, retrobulbar neuritis, papilledema, ocular motor nerve ...
Kristina J, Hartung +3 more
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017 Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (T. pallidum) causes syphilis via sexual exposure or via vertical transmission during pregnancy. T. pallidum is renowned for its invasiveness and immune-evasiveness; its clinical manifestations result from local inflammatory responses to replicating spirochaetes and often imitate those of other diseases.
Rosanna W, Peeling +5 more
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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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Prevalence and risk factors of syphilis infection among drug addicts [PDF]
, 2005 Background: Recent epidemiological data show an increased trend of official estimates for syphilis infection in the general population. Many of the infected cases remain undetected leaving an underestimation of the true prevalence of syphilis in the ...
Scherbaum, Norbert +31 more
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Syphilis test availability and uptake at medical facilities in southern China. [PDF]
, 2011 OBJECTIVE: To examine syphilis testing capacity, screening coverage rates and types of syphilis tests used in medical facilities in southern China. METHODS: Eleven of the 14 municipalities in Guangdong province participated.
Joseph Tucker +14 more
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Rapid Syphilis Tests as Catalysts for Health Systems Strengthening: A Case Study from Peru. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVES: Untreated maternal syphilis leads to adverse pregnancy outcomes. The use of point of care tests (POCT) offers an opportunity to improve screening coverage for syphilis and other aspects of health systems.
Valderrama, Maria +15 more
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Is antenatal syphilis screening still cost effective in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
, 2003 Objectives: To estimate the cost effectiveness of on-site antenatal syphilis screening and treatment in\ud Mwanza, Tanzania. To compare this intervention with other antenatal and child health interventions,\ud specifically the prevention of mother to ...
Weiss, H +13 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association, 1894 This question could in all fairness be asked, after a careful analysis of the subject, particularly the evidence presented, in the very able paper, read last June before the Section on Surgery and Anatomy at the forty-fourth annual meeting of theAMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, bearing the title, "The Antiquity of Syphilis, and Moses as a Health Officer,"
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Rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for syphilis in high-risk populations, Manaus, Brazil. [PDF]
, 2009 We assessed the acceptability and operational suitability of a rapid point-of-care syphilis test and identified barriers to testing among high-risk groups and healthcare professionals in a sexually transmitted infections clinic in Manaus, Brazil.
Mayaud, Philippe +10 more
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