Seroepidemiological Characterization of a Syphilis Epidemic in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Formerly a Yaws Endemic Area

The annual numbers of reported cases of syphilis in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) increased from none in 1983 to more than 600 in 1989, suggesting a large outbreak of syphilis. Much of the increase resulted from expanded serological screening. The apparent outbreak of syphilis, therefor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of epidemiology 1992-06, Vol.21 (3), p.599-606
Hauptverfasser:	GERSHMAN, KENNETH A, ROLFS, ROBERT T, LARSEN, SANDRA A, ZAIDI, AKBAR, PALAFOX, NEAL A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Bacterial diseases Biological and medical sciences Child Disease Outbreaks Female Hemagglutination Tests Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Male Medical sciences Micronesia - epidemiology Middle Aged Miscellaneous Population Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Science & Technology Seroepidemiologic Studies Syphilis - diagnosis Syphilis - epidemiology Syphilis Serodiagnosis Yaws - diagnosis
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