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Syphilis microbe circulated in the Americas thousands of years before European contact

Science | AAAS
The origins of syphilis are one of epidemiology's most enduring mysteries. The first historical accounts date to 1494, when an outbreak of a disfiguring,...
3 weeks ago

Eliminating congenital syphilis: using evidence-based management in Brazil

World Health Organization (WHO)
The Western Region of the Brazilian Federal District has a 33 times higher rate of congenital syphilis than the WHO target. The Region implemented a...
3 weeks ago

Syphilis: Did Christopher Columbus bring the STD to Europe?

DW
The sexually transmitted disease originated in the Americas 8000 years ago. But there's evidence that 15th-century colonialists spread Syphilis worldwide.
3 weeks ago

Tuskegee syphilis study | US Government Experiment, African American Impact

Britannica
Tuskegee syphilis study, American medical research project that earned notoriety for its unethical experimentation on African American patients in the rural...
4 weeks ago

Recent One Year of Action: HHS’s Efforts to Flatten the Curve of the Syphilis Surge

HIV.gov
Editor's note: On October 7, 2024, we shared this blog post on the efforts of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Syphilis and...
2 weeks ago

STD: Surveillance Data

Wisconsin Department of Health Services (.gov)
Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Surveillance Reports available on this page are based on annual case reports. Reports are available for Wisconsin statewide.
1 week ago

High Incidence of syphilis seroconversion among people living with HIV in Hainan, south China

Nature
The incidence of syphilis is high among PLHIV, especially in MSM and individuals with a history of STDs prior to their HIV diagnosis and suboptimal ART...
2 weeks ago

Ancient DNA suggests syphilis originated in Americas before ravaging Europe

The Washington Post
For centuries, scientists have disputed the origins of syphilis. A new study of ancient DNA supports an American origin for syphilis, before Columbus...
3 weeks ago

Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis

The Guardian
The disease-ravaged bones, which predate Columbus's first voyage to the New World, harboured genomes of bacteria from the syphilis disease family.
3 weeks ago

Purdue Public Health researcher part of $2.4 million NIH-funded national research initiative to improve, innovate syphilis diagnostics – News | College of Health and Human Sciences

Purdue University
Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu. With syphilis cases soaring 80% in adults and an astounding 183% in congenital cases — when a pregnant person...
5 days ago