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Syphilis (/ˈsɪfəlɪs/) is a ****ually
transmitted infection caused by the
bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The
signs and
symptoms depend...
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qualitative syphilis screening. However,
their usefulness is
limited by
decreased sensitivity in
early primary syphilis and
during late
syphilis, when a large...
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Tuskegee Study of
Untreated Syphilis in the
Negro Male (informally
referred to as the
Tuskegee Experiment or
Tuskegee Syphilis Study) was a
study conducted...
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Congenital syphilis is
syphilis that
occurs when a
mother with
untreated syphilis p****es the
infection to her baby
during pregnancy or at birth. It may...
- infections, or ****ually
transmitted infections such as
genital herpes,
syphilis or chancroid). However, this is not
always the case, as a
genital ulcer...
- different. For
primary syphilis, TPPA has a
sensitivity of 85% to 100%, and a
specificity of 98% to 100%. In
secondary and late-latent
syphilis, TPPA has a...
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Meningeal syphilis (as
known as
syphilitic aseptic meningitis or
meningeal neurosyphilis) is a
chronic form of
syphilis infection that
affects the central...
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originated in the Americas.
There were two
primary hypotheses: one,
first proposed in the 1950s, was that
syphilis was
carried to
Europe from the Americas...
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initial ulcer may be
mistaken as a "hard" chancre, the
typical sore of
primary syphilis, as
opposed to the "soft chancre" of chancroid.[citation needed] Approximately...
- can
cause infertility.
Bacterial STIs
include chlamydia, gonorrhea, and
syphilis.
Viral STIs
include genital warts,
genital herpes, and HIV/AIDS. Parasitic...