Potential for Community-Based Screening, Treatment, and Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Syphilis Prevention

Article Abstract:

Many African-Americans in poor communities would accept screening and treatment for syphilis if it was provided by a mobile health van. This was the conclusion of researchers who interviewed residents of a community whose residents were at high risk of syphilis. Most residents trusted the local sexually transmitted disease clinic, but still preferred receiving services in a mobile van rather than a bar or their home. About two-thirds said they would be willing to take antibiotics to prevent syphilis, and more than half said they would accept an injection.

Evaluation, Medical screening, Health screening

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Networks of Persons With Syphilis and at Risk for Syphilis in Louisiana: Evidence of Core Transmitters

Article Abstract:

Syphilis can become widely transmitted in a small community when several infected persons practice risky sexual behavior. Researchers interviewed 10 syphilis patients and 80 of their sexual and social contacts in Louisiana. Sixteen percent of people interviewed were likely to have transmitted the disease. The remaining people had engaged in behaviors only moderately risky for syphilis transmission.

Louisiana, Disease transmission

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Usefulness of Partner Notification for Syphilis Control

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Notification of sexual partners is an effective strategy in syphilis treatment and control programs. Researchers evaluated 12,927 cases of syphilis, of which one-fourth were identified and diagnosed because a sexual partner provided their name. Of the partners located and examined, 41% were infected with syphilis, and 18% were unaware of the infection until contacted and examined.

United States, Sexually transmitted diseases, Disease reporting

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