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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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Evaluating the effect of the plan of national syphilis control in controlling the syphilis epidemic in Jiangsu, China 2010–2020

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, Lingen Shi, Liping Chen, Xiaoyan Liu, Haiyang Hu, Yuheng Chen, Yunting Chen, Zhi Zhang, Ying Zhou, Jing Lu, Dandan Yang, Wenhui Guan   +11 more
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The trade-off between accuracy and accessibility of syphilis screening assays. [PDF]

, 2013
The availability of rapid and sensitive methods to diagnose syphilis facilitates screening of pregnant women, which is one of the most cost-effective health interventions available.
Pieter W. Smit, Todd Jim, Mabey, David, Peeling, Rosanna W, Clark, Benjamin, Mngara Julius, Smit, Pieter W, Aura Andreasen, Mabey David, Changalucha John, Todd, Jim, Urassa, Mark, Julius Mngara, Smit Pieter W., Urassa Mark, Pieter W Smit, Changalucha, John, Benjamin Clark, Andreasen, Aura, Zaba Basia, Peeling Rosanna W., Clark Benjamin, Andreasen Aura, John Changalucha, Mark Urassa, Zaba, Basia, Mngara, Julius, David Mabey, Rosanna W. Peeling, Basia Zaba, Rosanna W Peeling, Jim Todd   +31 more
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Syphilis [PDF]

Sexually Transmitted Infections, 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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Comparison of Syphilis Rapid Diagnostic Test to Rapid Plasma Reagin, Treponema pallidum Haemagglutination Assay and Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption for Syphilis and Yaws Diagnostics

Indonesian Biomedical Journal, 2020
BACKGROUND: Syphilis and yaws are the treponemal infections which have become serious public health problems, and both are serologically indistinguishable. Developed serological tests for syphilis may also be used to diagnose yaws.
Astuti Giantini, Dewi Wulandari, Siskawati Suparmin   +2 more
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Characterization of a Propionibacterium acnes Surface Protein as a Fibrinogen-Binding Protein

Scientific Reports, 2017
Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is a major skin-associated bacterium that was long considered commensal, until several studies revealed it to be an opportunistic pathogen. We investigated the ability of P.
Philippe A. Grange, Joël Raingeaud, Willy Morelle, Anne-Geneviève Marcelin, Vincent Calvez, Nicolas Dupin   +5 more
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Characteristics of Brain White Matter Microstructure in HIV Male Patients With Primary Syphilis Co-Infection

Frontiers in Neurology, 2022
Purpose: To investigate the effect of syphilis infection on the microstructure of white matter (WM) in HIV-infected male patients using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI).Methods: Twenty-seven HIV-infected male patients with current syphilis or a history of ...
Yu Qi, Rui-Li Li, Yuan-Yuan Wang, Wei Wang, Xu-Ze Liu, Jing Liu, Xing Li, Xiao-Dong Zhang, Wen Yu, Jiao-Jiao Liu, Yi-Fan Guo, Bo Rao, Hong-Jun Li   +12 more
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Scaling law characteristics and spatiotemporal multicomponent analysis of syphilis from 2016 to 2022 in Zhejiang Province, China

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, Haocheng Wu, Ming Xue, Chen Wu, Qinbao Lu, Zheyuan Ding, Xinyi Wang, Tianyin Fu, Ke Yang, Junfen Lin, Junfen Lin   +10 more
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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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The current status of syphilis prevention and control in Jiangsu province, China: A cross-sectional study.

PLoS ONE, 2017
ObjectiveTo 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.MethodsWe collected data via (1) field ...
Yuan-Fang Chen, Jian-Ping Ding, Hong-Jing Yan, Jing Lu, Ping Ding, Guo-Hong Chen, Jian-Jun Li, Xi-Ping Huan, Hai-Tao Yang, Wei-Ming Tang, Geng-Feng Fu   +10 more
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