The mainstay of diagnosis for Treponema pallidum infections is based on nontreponemal
and treponemal serologic tests. Many new diagnostic methods for syphilis have been …

Background Globally syphilis is an important yet preventable cause of stillbirth, neonatal
mortality and morbidity. Objectives This review sought to estimate the effect of detection and …

O objetivo foi estimar a incidência de sífilis congênita ao nascimento e verificar os fatores
associados à transmissão vertical da sífilis. Estudo nacional, de base hospitalar, realizado …

Methods We used a two-stage approach to determining the incidence of CS for a single
year, using data collected from pregnant women, 1997–2003. Data were collected over this …

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) impose major health and economic burdens globally.
More than 35 bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogens have been identified as sexually …

Background Congenital syphilis is an increasing problem particularly in many developing
countries and in the transitional economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union …

Background Syphilis in pregnancy imposes a significant global health and economic
burden. More than half of cases result in serious adverse events, including infant mortality …

Background Mother-to-child transmission of syphilis remains a leading cause of neonatal
death and stillbirth, disproportionally affecting women in low-resource settings where …

We describe a point-of-care immunochromatographic test for the simultaneous detection of
both nontreponemal and treponemal antibodies in the sera of patients with syphilis that acts …

O objetivo foi estimar a incidência de sífilis congênita ao nascimento e verificar os fatores
associados à transmissão vertical da sífilis. Estudo nacional, de base hospitalar, realizado …