Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, AIDS Administration, BaltimoreJohn VertefeuilleUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreSpringer-VerlagJournal of Urban HealthKazi AM, Shah SA, Jenkins CA, Shepherd BE,
Maryland has some of the highest per capita rates of syphilis in the nation. Residents also report thousands of new cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea each year, so it’s important to protect your sexual health. In Salisbury, the Wicomico County Health Department, located in the William C. Frit...
It states that the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has requested assistance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve the selection and delivery of syphilis and HIV prevention interventions.
US Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly ReportCDC. Inadvertent use of Bicillin(R) C-R for treatment of syphilis-- Maryland, 1998. MMWR 1999;48:777-9.CDC. Inadvertent use of Bicillin(R) C-R to treat syphilis...
Gonorrhea and Early Syphilis Treatment Practices Among Community Health Care Providers in Baltimore City, MarylandBackground: Ensuring patients receive appropriate (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-recommended) and prompt (<=14 days of specimen collection) treatment is critical to decrease ...