Syphilis control: the historic context and epidemiologic basis for interrupting sexual transmission of Treponema pallidum
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Syphilis prevention and control efforts may require a combination of traditional and new activities. Researchers conducted a historical and disease activity study of syphilis control efforts throughout the 20th century. Past strategies of identifying individuals with syphilis and their sexual partners may inform newer strategies of screening high-risk populations. Community-wide antibiotic treatments may be cost effective in high prevalence communities. General public health education may be helpful for developing targeted educational efforts to change behaviors of high-risk groups. Quantitative data about syphilis disease patterns may drive future syphilis control efforts.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1996
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Using social network and ethnographic tools to evaluate syphilis transmission
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Sexually transmitted disease (STD) researchers should use social network analysis to identify trends in STD transmission. One group of researchers used this technique to study an outbreak of syphilis in six white girls, two white boys and two African-American boys. A social network of 99 people was eventually described, most of whom were not infected but had multiple exposures to people who were. Once these people are identified, appropriate preventive measures can be taken. Traditional techniques that rely on partner notification may not identify others at risk.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1998
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The natural history of syphilis: implications for the transmission dynamics and control of infection
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It may be important to treat people with syphilis early in the infection to reduce their likelihood of transmitting the disease. This was illustrated by a mathematical model that estimated transmission rates with and without treatment. Treatment alters the dynamics of the infection because treated patients become immune or become susceptible to infection again. The model illustrates deficiencies in our understanding of the extent to which treated patients become immune to re-infection.
Publication Name: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0148-5717
Year: 1997
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