Syphilis in the fens

(1) We should not drop our guard in screening for syphilis both in the blood transfusion service, the antenatal clinic, and in genitourinary medicine clinics. Case 1 presented to the genitourinary medicine clinic with what appeared to be a healing herpetic lesion on the penis, which was herpes simpl...

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Published in:Sexually transmitted infections 2001-10, Vol.77 (5), p.314-315
Main Authors: Palfreeman, Adrian J, Moussa, Raouf A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Blood & organ donations
Blood transfusions
Clinics
Contact Tracing - methods
Demographic aspects
Disease Outbreaks
Diseases
England
Epidemics
Female
General aspects
Health aspects
Heterosexuals
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle aged persons
Pregnancy
Syphilis
Syphilis - epidemiology
Syphilis - transmission
Syphilis Symposium
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Summary:(1) We should not drop our guard in screening for syphilis both in the blood transfusion service, the antenatal clinic, and in genitourinary medicine clinics. Case 1 presented to the genitourinary medicine clinic with what appeared to be a healing herpetic lesion on the penis, which was herpes simplex virus (HSV) culture negative.
ISSN:1368-4973
1472-3263
DOI:10.1136/sti.77.5.314