Elimination of Syphilis in the United States

Louis and Wasserheit compare efforts to eliminate syphilis in the 1940s and 1960s with the US Public Health Service's current targeting of syphilis. History shows that syphilis will resurge if not addressed vigorously.

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1998-07, Vol.281 (5375), p.353-354
Main Authors: St. Louis, Michael E., Wasserheit, Judith N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Americans
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - prevention & control
AIDS/HIV
Analysis
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the genital system
Biological and medical sciences
Communicable Diseases
Community health
Congenital syphilis
Diagnostic Tests
Disease Control
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
Female
General aspects
Genome, Bacterial
Health Conditions
Health Services
HIV
HIV Infections - transmission
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Medical Services
Policy
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Prevention
Preventive medicine
Principals
Public health
Public Health Practice
Sexually transmitted diseases
Socioeconomic Factors
STD
Syphilis
Syphilis - complications
Syphilis - epidemiology
Syphilis - prevention & control
Syphilis, Congenital - epidemiology
Treponema pallidum - genetics
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Louis and Wasserheit compare efforts to eliminate syphilis in the 1940s and 1960s with the US Public Health Service's current targeting of syphilis. History shows that syphilis will resurge if not addressed vigorously.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.281.5375.353