The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 165, No. 6 (Jun., 1992), pp. 1124-1126 (3 pages) The prevalence of biologic false-positive (BFP) reactions for syphilis (reactive rapid plasma reagin [RPR] ...

Higher rapid plasma reagin, or RPR, titers at diagnosis and a diagnosis made in more recent years are associated with serological treatment response in patients living with HIV who are diagnosed with ...

After a 2-day training course at the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, 28 nontechnical venereal disease investigators performed the rapid plasma reagin card test on more than 3,900 persons. The ...

Treponema pallidum, a spirochete, causes syphilis and is spread through contact with infectious lesions or body fluids. An ulcerative skin lesion, known as chancre, typically develops at the site of ...

EXTENSIVE research in the serology of syphilis during the last decade has resulted in the development of a multiplicity of tests, many of which have had limited practical use. Physicians have scarcely ...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are common. According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 million STIs are acquired every day across the globe. Syphilis is one of the most common STIs ...

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Syphilis causes 30–50% of stillbirths in Africa and kills more than 1-million babies each year worldwide. The biology and pathogenesis of T. pallidum and the clinical manifestations of primary, ...

This week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the way for putting the first at-home, over-the-counter test to detect syphilis antibodies in human blood. Test-kits for syphilis for the ...