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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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Effect of syphilis infection on HIV acquisition: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2020 Objectives Co-infection of syphilis and HIV remains hard to manage and its morbidity shows a rising tendency. Syphilis has been associated with increased risk of HIV acquisition in high-risk groups, especially in men who have sex with men (MSM).
M. Wu +5 more
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Trends of syphilis in Brazil: A growth portrait of the treponemic epidemic
PLoS ONE, 2020 Syphilis is a chronic infectious disease with its prevalence being described since the 15th century. Although its etiological agent and also the treatment measures are widely known, syphilis is still a great public health problem worldwide, mainly in ...
Marquiony Marques dos Santos +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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CDC Laboratory Recommendations for Syphilis Testing, United States, 2024
MMWR Recommendations and ReportsSummary This report provides new CDC recommendations for tests that can support a diagnosis of syphilis, including serologic testing and methods for the identification of the causative agent Treponema pallidum. These comprehensive recommendations are the
John R. Papp +5 more
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Laboratory evaluation of four HIV/syphilis rapid diagnostic tests
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 BackgroundSexually transmitted infections, such as HIV and syphilis, are one of the major health care problems worldwide, especially in low- and middle income countries. HIV screening programmes have been widely used for many years.
A. van den Heuvel +6 more
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Treponemal-specific Tests for the Diagnosis of Syphilis
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020 We conducted a systematic review of relevant syphilis diagnostic literature to address the question, “What is the sensitivity and specificity of the treponemal tests currently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the diagnosis of ...
Ina U. Park +3 more
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Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2020 Brazil has reported an increase in the incidence of both gestational and congenital syphilis, posing a serious public health problem in the country. The study aimed to analyze the relationship between the supply of syphilis diagnosis and treatment in ...
D. C. M. M. Figueiredo +4 more
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