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syphilis
syphilis (sif-i-lis) n. a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Bacteria usually enter the body during sexual intercourse; they may also pass from an infected pregnant woman across the placenta to the developing fetus, resulting in the disease being present at birth (
congenital s.). The primary symptom is a hard painless ulcer (chancre) at the site of infection. Secondary stage symptoms include fever, malaise, general enlargement of lymph nodes, and a faint red rash on the chest. After months, or even years, the disease enters its tertiary stage with widespread formation of tumour-like masses (gummas). Tertiary syphilis may cause serious damage to the heart and blood vessels (
cardiovascular s.) or to the brain and spinal cord (
neurosyphilis), resulting in tabes dorsalis, blindness, and general paralysis of the insane. See also
bejel.
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syphilitic (sif-i-
lit-ik) adj.
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Syphilis: an update
Magazine article from: Clinical Medicine; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; KEY WORDS: diagnosis, epidemiology, syphilis, treatment Syphilis is caused by infection with the spirochaete bacterium...positive results on standard serological tests for syphilis. However, yaws and pinta affect skin and bone almost...
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Syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection
Magazine article from: Journal of the National Medical Association; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Co-infection of syphilis and AIDS has profound implications for...evaluate the historical background of HIV and syphilis and their similarities in pathogenesis; review the epidemiology of syphilis and HIV co-infection, and implications...
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Syphilis: epidemiology and control. (STDs and Sexual/Reproductive Health)
Magazine article from: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; Key words: Syphilis Epidemiology Syphilis control Canada INTRODUCTION Syphilis is an infectious disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum, and transmitted by vaginal, oral-genital or anal contact with an infected person. The incidence...
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Syphilis in an urban community
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Public Health; 7/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...FRCPC, MHSc,2,5 The resurgence of syphilis worldwide has again brought this "disease...the United States, the epidemiology of syphilis during the past decade has changed as...by alterations in the distribution of syphilis experienced by homosexual and heterosexual...
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Syphilis elimination seen as good HIV prevention: lowest-ever rate gives chance to stamp out disease.
Newspaper article from: AIDS Alert; 6/1/1998; 700+ words
; ...gives chance to stamp out disease The syphilis epidemic of the late 1980s that fueled...has subsided to the lowest levels of syphilis ever recorded, prompting health officials...United States has the highest rates of syphilis in the industrialized world, the epidemic...
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SYPHILIS CASES ROSE FROM 2004 TO 2005 IN ILLINOIS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...infectious (primary and secondary) syphilis increased significantly in 2005 compared...A total of 525 cases of infectious syphilis were reported in Illinois in 2005, a...in 2004. The increase in infectious syphilis is disproportionately affecting males...
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Syphilis makes comeback in Europe amid spread of risky sex, online dating sites
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; Syphilis is back: The sexually transmitted disease...making an alarming resurgence in Europe. Syphilis used to be a very rare disease, said...we can say that anymore. Most cases of syphilis are in men, and experts point to more...
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Syphilis elimination seen as good HIV prevention.
Newspaper article from: AIDS Alert; 6/1/1998; 700+ words
; Syphilis elimination seen as good HIV prevention...gives chance to stamp out disease The syphilis epidemic of the late 1980s that fueled...epidemic has subsided to the lowest levels of syphilis ever recorded, prompting health officials...
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Syphilis: epidemiology and control.
Magazine article from: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...paper describes the changing patterns of syphilis in Canada from 1980 to 1995. The rate of early symptomatic syphilis declined from 5.6 per 100,000 in...male, 34% female in 1995. Goals for syphilis control, surveillance and research...
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SYPHILIS ELIMINATION IN CANADA: IF NOW, WHEN?
Magazine article from: The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; Recent outbreaks of syphilis in British Columbia and adjacent regions...increase in the incidence of infectious syphilis in Canada. This resurgence follows...The synergistic relationship between syphilis and HIV infection is one among many...
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Syphilis Test
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
Syphilis test Syphilis was once a disease of epidemic proportions. Today, it is effectively...Because there is no known immunization to protect against contracting syphilis, accurate testing has become a key determinant for quick and successful...
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Syphilis
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Syphilis Definition Syphilis is an infectious systemic disease that may be either congenital or acquired through sexual contact or contaminated needles. Description Syphilis has both acute and chronic forms that produce a wide variety of...
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Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Tuskegee Syphilis Study From 1932 to 1972, the U.S...sponsored an observational study of syphilis in black men in Macon County, Alabama...has come to be known as the Tuskegee syphilis study. Six hundred black men, 399 with...
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syphilis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
syphilis , contagious sexually transmitted disease...Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann in 1905). Syphilis was not widely recognized until an epidemic...medical historians have proposed that syphilis first appeared in Spain among sailors...
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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Book article from: American Decades
THE TUSKEGEE SYPHILIS STUDY Shocking Revelations Perhaps the...which four hundred African-American syphilis victims unknowingly served as the subjects...Even though penicillin, a cure for syphilis, became available in 1943, the study...
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