The first recorded outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in 1494/1495 in Naples, Italy, during a French invasion. Because it was spread geographically... 70 KB (8,846 words) - 05:01, 14 April 2024 |
Congenital syphilis is syphilis that occurs when a mother with untreated syphilis passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy or at birth. It may... 30 KB (3,017 words) - 07:04, 10 April 2024 |
Neurosyphilis (redirect from Meningovascular syphilis) Neurosyphilis is the infection of the central nervous system in a patient with syphilis. In the era of modern antibiotics, the majority of neurosyphilis cases... 18 KB (1,887 words) - 16:16, 19 February 2024 |
John Charles Cutler (redirect from John C. Cutler (syphilis)) Guatemala syphilis experiments. He also conducted the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, in which African American men were deliberately infected with syphilis. Cutler... 9 KB (935 words) - 19:18, 30 April 2024 |
Bejel, or endemic syphilis, is a chronic skin and tissue disease caused by infection by the endemicum subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.... 4 KB (371 words) - 19:01, 3 December 2023 |
Treponema pallidum (category Syphilis) bacterium with subspecies that cause the diseases syphilis, bejel (also known as endemic syphilis), and yaws. It is transmitted only among humans. It... 37 KB (4,146 words) - 19:02, 19 April 2024 |
Girolamo Fracastoro (redirect from Syphilis sive morbus gallicus) hidden causes in scientific investigation. His studies of the mode of syphilis transmission are an early example of epidemiology. Fracastoro was born... 14 KB (1,606 words) - 02:47, 9 February 2024 |
nontreponemal test (NTT) is a blood test for diagnosis of infection with syphilis. Nontreponemal tests are an indirect method in that they detect biomarkers... 5 KB (633 words) - 22:29, 26 January 2024 |
indicate an infection by syphilis or related non-venereal treponematoses. It is one of several nontreponemal tests for syphilis (along with the Wassermann... 5 KB (532 words) - 15:02, 5 March 2024 |
General paresis of the insane (category Syphilis) classified as an organic mental disorder, and is caused by late-stage syphilis and the chronic meningoencephalitis and cerebral atrophy that are associated... 8 KB (937 words) - 05:57, 31 March 2024 |
Mr. Marcus (section Syphilis outbreak) outbreak of syphilis among porn-performers leading to a hold on filming. The investigation revealed that Mr. Marcus was the first infected with syphilis and that... 11 KB (1,090 words) - 04:03, 24 January 2024 |
Chancre (category Syphilis) painless genital ulcer most commonly formed during the primary stage of syphilis. This infectious lesion forms around 21 days after the initial exposure... 4 KB (303 words) - 15:59, 30 March 2024 |
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test (category Syphilis) for syphilis and related non-venereal treponematoses that was developed by the eponymous US laboratory. The VDRL test is used to screen for syphilis (it... 6 KB (670 words) - 13:13, 24 January 2024 |
Premarital medical examination (category Syphilis) parties before marriage. The most common requirement was a blood test for syphilis, though other diseases such as gonorrhea and rubella were sometimes also... 8 KB (970 words) - 19:46, 25 February 2024 |
Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay (redirect from Syphilis TPHA test) for detection and titration of antibodies against the causative agent of syphilis, Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. It also detects other treponematoses... 4 KB (494 words) - 12:52, 31 July 2023 |
Chancroid (section Comparison with syphilis) ulcer may be mistaken as a "hard" chancre, the typical sore of primary syphilis, as opposed to the "soft chancre" of chancroid.[citation needed] Approximately... 17 KB (1,736 words) - 15:47, 1 December 2023 |
Eunice Rivers Laurie (section Tuskegee syphilis study) known for her work as one of the nurses of the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study in Macon County from 1932 to 1972. Born into a farming family in... 11 KB (1,259 words) - 22:11, 5 April 2024 |
Eugene Dibble (section Role in Tuskegee Syphilis Study) He played an important role in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, which was a clinical study conducted on syphilis in African American males from 1932 to 1972... 14 KB (1,936 words) - 17:40, 2 November 2023 |
Arsphenamine (category Syphilis) introduced at the beginning of the 1910s as the first effective treatment for syphilis, relapsing fever, and African trypanosomiasis. This organoarsenic compound... 9 KB (927 words) - 02:58, 11 January 2024 |
edited from 1896 to 1904 by Sir James Galloway. In 1917, the words "and syphilis" were added to the title, and dropped in 1950. "British Journal of Dermatology"... 3 KB (192 words) - 19:02, 24 September 2023 |