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Abstract: Sacramento County is coping with a spike in the number of reported cases of syphilis, particularly among pregnant women. In 2008, the county reported 91 cases of syphilis, up from 63 in 2007 and 30 in 2006. In the early 1990s, the county reported no new cases of syphilis, says Dr. Glennah Trochet, public health officer ...
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Abstract: Syphilis rates in New York City have gone up once again. Last year they were double what they were in 2000. They went up another 50% in 2002. Most of the cases are among men who have sex with men (MSM). Men who have sex with men often don t identify as gay or homosexual, and some have sex with women as well. In additio ...
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Abstract: Over the past decade, rates of syphilis have soared in Canada and other high-income countries. Syphilis outbreaks are common and ongoing among men who have sex with men (MSM). In the United States and possibly elsewhere, rates of syphilis among MSM are so high that some researchers refer to it as an epidemic within thi ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: Rapid laboratory tests for HIV and syphilis are needed in resource limited settings. The performance profiles of the Determine® HIV-1/2 and Syphilis TP rapid tests on plasma specimens have not been evaluated in Indonesia . METHODS: Between May - August 2002, we collected 524 serum/plasma from Indonesia ...
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Abstract: The objective of the current study was to measure the determinants of syphilis among female sex workers (FSWs) in the state of Karnataka, South India . In the context of a large-scale HIV prevention intervention, cross-sectional surveys were administered to 2,312 FSWs across five districts in Karnataka during 2004-2006 ...
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Abstract: Treponema pallidum, a spirochetal bacterium. This is a sexually transmitted disease that has three stages. ...
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Abstract: This outbreak investigation showed that jails continue to be a high-risk setting for transmission of STDs such as syphilis and HIV. The increased number of cases of syphilis and the high HIV-seropositive prevalence highlights the need for continued aggressive screening of inmates along with preventative measures such a ...
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Abstract: Overall a larger proportion of male syphilis cases are MSM than are gonorrhea cases. The proportion of both syphilis and gonorrhea MSM cases co-infected with HIV is high, although much higher among syphilis cases. These data suggest that methamphetamine use is of particular concern among gonorrhea and syphilis case co- ...
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Abstract: These data suggest that during 2000-2002, a substantial proportion of P&S syphilis in Chicago were transmitted through oral sex, particularly in MSM. These data likely underestimate the role of oral sex in syphilis transmission. Most persons with P&S syphilis engaged in anal and vaginal sex as well as oral sex; transmi ...
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Abstract: The high proportion of new syphilis cases among persons living with HIV/AIDS raises some important considerations. For example, since many of these new syphilis cases were detected in persons who had an HIV detection for over a year, these cases may represent individuals who continue to engage in unsafe or risky sex pr ...
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Abstract: <p><b>ISSUE:</b> A sharp 3-fold increase in cases of primary and secondary syphilis among MSM in Houston, Texas over a 1 year period warrants a targeted syphilis awareness campaign. SETTING: Anonymous sex venues and other sites in the gay community of Houston, Texas. PROJECT: Phase I involved assessing the MSM commun ...
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Abstract: <p><b>ISSUE:</b> HIV counseling and testing was integrated into the syphilis RIOT s outreach and intervention strategies to identify new cases of HIV and reduce future HIV morbidity. SETTING: The PSST RIOT in Guilford County, NC, where syphilis has been endemic for several years. PROJECT: The Rapid Intervention Outre ...
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Abstract: <p><b>ISSUE:</b> Collaboration between the North Carolina Syphilis Elimination Project (NCSEP) and the Non-Traditional Counseling, Testing and Referral Sites (NTS) project has resulted in an increase in syphilis screening outside of traditional settings. Given the similarities in risk behaviors and the increased risk ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: The syphilis and HIV epidemics among gay and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in California are integrally linked: syphilis facilitates both the transmission and acquisition of HIV, and behavioral risk factors are often identical for the two infections. Enhanced syphilis surveillance data provide real ...
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Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Syphilitic ulcers facilitate the transmission of HIV infection, but the effect of syphilis infection on HIV viremia is unknown. We examined changes in HIV viral load associated with incident syphilis infection and its treatment in HIV-infected men who had sex with men (MSM). METHODS: We reviewed San Francis ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: Rates of syphilis have increased to epidemic levels among men who have sex with men (MSM) in San Francisco and have paralleled increases in unprotected anal sex. There is a concern that the current syphilis epidemic is increasing HIV incidence among MSM, given the biological links between STDs and HIV. The ...
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Abstract: <p><b>BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:</b>: Recent findings suggest early syphilis rates are increasing across large metropolitan areas in the US. An atypically large proportion of newly diagnosed syphilis cases are being reported in men, particularly men who have sex with men (MSM) who are co-infected with HIV. The objective ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: Since 1999, reported early syphilis cases have increased in San Francisco from 44 cases to 496 in 2002. Early syphilis infection can cause severe neurologic complications and facilitate HIV transmission. To further describe demographic and behavioral characteristics of HIV-infected persons with early syphil ...
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Abstract: BACKGROUND: Between 1999 and 2002, early syphilis cases in San Francisco increased over 1000%. In 2002 there were 495 cases: 92% of these cases were among gay and bisexual men, 67% of whom were HIV positive. To address the ongoing syphilis epidemic, in July, 2002 the San Francisco Department of Public Health, STD Preve ...
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Abstract: <p><b>BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:</b>: The techniques of geographic information system combined with the principles of epidemiology, sociocultural linkages (race, gender and ethnicity) and demographic factors were studied to gain insights into the geographic distribution of syphilis and HIV/AIDS among the affected groups, ...
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Abstract: To describe the history and public health issues surrounding HIV partner notification and determine how often sexual partnerships dissolve and behaviors change after partner notification for HIV as compared to partner notification for syphilis. ...
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Abstract: Between 1996 and 1998, infectious syphilis (primary and secondary) in Maricopa County, Arizona increased 137%. Because of the increasing evidence linking sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and HIV infection, control and prevention of STDs, particularly those causing sores, is vital to the prevention of HIV ...
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Abstract: To assess the value of serological tests in diagnosing and monitoring the response to treatment of syphilis in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), case notes of eight homosexual men with a history of treated syphilis, positive reactions to serological tests for syphilis, and documented subse ...
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Abstract: STUDY OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of Treponema pallidum in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with syphilis, to determine the effect of concurrent HIV infection on central nervous system involvement by T. pallidum, and to examine the efficacy of conventional therapy for asymptomatic neurologic involveme ...
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Abstract: Online-mediated syphilis testing is helping diagnose syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM), a new report suggests. The annual number of syphilis cases in Amsterdam increased from 35 to 240 between 1998 and 2004, according to Rik H. Koekenbier of GGD Amsterdam and colleagues. Infections among MSM amounted to 84 ...
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Abstract: TY - ABST PB - XVII International AIDS Conference. 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City, Mexico SN - 978-92-95069-05-3 U1 - MOPE0351 T1 - Eradication of congenital syphilis p>b>BACKGROUND<b> In Haiti’s VCT centers, dual testing for both syphilis and HIV is now the norm. In 2006 161833 patients were tested f ...
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Abstract: TY - ABST PB - XVII International AIDS Conference. 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City, Mexico SN - 978-92-95069-05-3 U1 - MOPE0367 T1 - Correlates of syphilis infection among male and female injection drug users in Tijuana, Mexico p>b>BACKGROUND<b> In Tijuana, Mexico, overlap between drug and sex trades i ...
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Abstract: TY - ABST PB - XVII International AIDS Conference. 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City, Mexico SN - 978-92-95069-05-3 U1 - MOPE0368 T1 - Syphilis in the Swiss HIV cohort study: epidemiology, risk factors, clinical presentation and management strategies p>b>BACKGROUND<b> Annual syphilis testing was reintrod ...
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Abstract: TY - ABST PB - XVII International AIDS Conference. 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City, Mexico SN - 978-92-95069-05-3 U1 - THPE0317 T1 - Rolling out syphilis screening and treatment for sex workers and men who have sex with men in India p>b>ISSUES<b> Evidence shows that syphilis is re-emerging with increas ...
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Abstract: TY - ABST PB - XVII International AIDS Conference. 3-8 August 2008, Mexico City, Mexico SN - 978-92-95069-05-3 U1 - CDB0140 T1 - The viral load and TCD4+ cells on human inmunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients co infected with syphilis p>b>BACKGROUND<b>The syphilis co infection among the HIV1 patients ...
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