Characteristics of Persons With Syphilis in Areas of Persisting Syphilis in the United States

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Authors

Emilia H. Koumans · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thomas A. Farley · Louisiana State Department of Health and Hospitals

James J. Gibson · South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Carol Langley · Mississippi State Department of Health

Michael W. Ross · The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Mary McFarlane · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

Sexual network/behavioral characteristics of syphilis patients and their partners, such as concurrency, can help identify persons at higher risk for transmitting syphilis who should receive emphasis in disease prevention activities.

Topics & Keywords

Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Reproductive tract infections research Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volume 28, Issue 9, pp. 497-503

DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200109000-00004

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