Medically reviewed by Kiarra King, MD Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by bacteria and has four stages.Early diagnosis and antibiotic treatment can cure syphilis and prevent ...

Syphilis is on the rise worldwide and there is an urgent need for reliable and rapid screening, particularly for people who live in areas where access to healthcare is limited. An international ...

A comparative study of γM-fluorescent treponemal antibody (γM-FTA-ABS), routine FTA-ABS and γG-FTA-ABS, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) antibody levels, as well as total serum γM globulin ...

Syphilis is a chronic infection caused by Treponema pallidum, mainly spread via sexual contact, lesions, placenta, or rarely ...

Syphilis causes 30–50% of stillbirths in Africa and kills more than 1-million babies each year worldwide. The biology and pathogenesis of T. pallidum and the clinical manifestations of primary, ...

Objective: To review the epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of syphilis. Data Sources: Studies and reviews were abstracted from MEDLINE (1950-April 2007) using the search term ...

Syphilis often has few (or no) symptoms — getting screened can help prevent serious, long-term health problems. (Getty Images) After years of alarming increases in rates of syphilis and congenital ...

The syphilis epidemic in MSM presents many different challenges from those that were used in earlier outbreaks, which focused on the poor and disenfranchised populations. The MSM population has been ...

Scientists have demonstrated that rapid and point-of-care tests (POC) for syphilis are as accurate as conventional laboratory tests. The findings call for a major change in approach to syphilis ...