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Syphilis Summary
868 words, approx. 3 pages
Syphilis is a chronic, degenerative, sexually transmitted disease. Highly contagious particularly during the early stages of its progression--syphilis can be cured in its primary and secondary stages with penicillin administered over a prolonged...
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Syphilis Summary
868 words, approx. 3 pages
Syphilis is a chronic, degenerative, sexually transmitted disease. Highly contagious-- particularly during the early stages of its progression--syphilis can be cured in its primary and secondary stages with penicillin administered over a prolonged...
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Syphilis Summary
744 words, approx. 3 pages
Syphilis is a chronic, degenerative, sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Although modern treatments now control the disease, its incidence remains high worldwide, making it a global public health concern. Spread by...
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Syphilis Test Summary
473 words, approx. 2 pages
Once a ravaging disease that rose to epidemic proportions, syphilis is effectively treated today with penicillin and other antibiotics. Because there is no known inoculation, accurate testing has become a key determinant of quick and successful...
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Syphilis Information
7,783 words, approx. 26 pages
Syphilis is a curable sexually transmitted disease caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete. The route of transmission of syphilis is almost always by sexual contact, although there are examples of congenital syphilis via transmission from mother to...
 


News and Journals
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Clinical Medicine
Syphilis: an update
06/01/2008: 2,280 words, approx. 8 pages
KEY WORDS: diagnosis, epidemiology, syphilis, treatment Syphilis is caused by infection with the spirochaete bacterium Treponema pallidum. Transmission from one person to another is by direct contact with an infectious lesion (usually occurring during sexual contact), during pregnancy from mother to child or...
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Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Is Congenital Syphilis Really Congenital Syphilis?
01/01/2006: 1,987 words, approx. 7 pages
Detroit has recently been distinguished as having the highest congenital syphilis rate in the United States (250.3 cases per 100 000 live births in Detroit versus 10.3 in the US). However, depending on each health department's followup and CDC reporting, these data may not...
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AP News
Risky sex returns syphilis to Europe
12/21/2007: 759 words, approx. 3 pages
Syphilis is back: The sexually transmitted disease long associated with 19th Century bohemian life is making an alarming resurgence in Europe."Syphilis used to be a very rare disease," said Dr. Marita van de Laar, an expert in sexually transmitted diseases at the European Centre for...
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AP Features
Syphilis makes comeback in Europe amid spread of risky sex, online dating sites
12/20/2007: 759 words, approx. 3 pages
Syphilis is back: The sexually transmitted disease long associated with 19th Century bohemian life is making an alarming resurgence in Europe."Syphilis used to be a very rare disease," said Dr. Marita van de Laar, an expert in sexually transmitted diseases at the European Centre for...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Barbara Fass Leavy
11,662 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following excerpt, Leavy analyzes literary works that closely associate women with disease.
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Syphilis: Alive and Well
2,385 words, approx. 8 pages
Syphilis is a infection caused by a bacteria called Treponema Pallidum (CDC, 2004). The bacteria enters the body through mucous membranes or open skin, once inside the body the bacteria enters the blood stream and attaches to cells and if left untreated can ravage a body and even cause death.


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