An epidemic of congenital syphilis in Jefferson County, Texas, 1994-1995: Inadequate prenatal syphilis testing after an outbreak in adults. AmJ Public Health 1999; 89:557-560. [PubMed: 10191801]Southwick KL, Guidry M, Weldon MM, et al. An epidemic of congenital syphilis in Jefferson County,...
OBJECTIVES: After a syphilis epidemic in Jefferson County, Texas, in 1993 and 1994, congenital syphilis prevalence and risk factors were determined and local prenatal syphilis screening practices were assessed. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed, pregnant women with syphilis were interviewed, and pre...
Nearly a quarter of syphilis cases in the U.S. were being diagnosed in women in 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionreportedTuesday, in a sign that the nation's "alarming" epidemic of thesexually transmitted infectionis increasingly spreading among heterosexual couples. The number ...
In 2018, Texas saw increased cases of syphilis in women of childbearing age and of congenital syphilis. The number of CS cases increased 124 percent between 2017 (164 cases) and 2018 (367 cases). This is the largest number of CS cases reported annually in Texas in more than 20 years. ...
These figures have continued to increase since the emergence of the AIDS epidemic, since genital ulcer diseases (including syphilis) are cofactors for the sexual transmission of HIV. Additionally, untreated patients who are HIV seropositive have an increased risk for rapid progression to neurosyphilis...
The incidence of sexually transmitted infections in Finland has continued to increase in recent decade and throughout the pandemic.1 2 Concerning development has been especially in Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections. The aim of this brief report was to report the incidence of la...
In total, 22 states reported cases higher than the national average in 2022. The numbers are alarming and have some health experts warning STDs and STIs are the next epidemic demanding national attention. 'Real lives at stake' "The CDC's latest STI data shows that our nation is facing a ...
Epidemic syphilisMaternal factors associated with congenital infection Am J Obstet Gynecol (1994) H.N. Cole et al. Penicillin in the treatment of syphilis in pregnancy J Veneral Dis Information (1949) N.R. Ingraham The value of penicillin alone in the prevention and treatment of congenital syphi...
her network believe New Mexico and Arizona could combat the syphilis epidemic by expanding access to prenatal care in rural Indigenous communities. Singer imagines a system in which midwives, doulas, and lactation counselors are able to travel to families and offer prenatal care "in their own home...
China's syphilis epidemic: a systematic review of seroprevalence studies. The objective of this study was to investigate syphilis prevalence among low- and high-risk groups in China. Goal: The goal of this study was to explore th... CC Lin,X Gao,XS Chen,... - 《Sexually Transmitted Disea...