The footprint of old syphilis: using a reverse screening algorithm for syphilis testing in a U.S. Geographic Information Systems-Based Community Outreach Program

The impact of syphilis reverse sequence screening has not been evaluated in community outreach. Using reverse sequence screening in neighborhoods identified with geographic information systems, we found that among 239 participants, 45 (19%) were seropositive. Of these, 3 (7%) had untreated syphilis,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sexually transmitted diseases Jg. 40; H. 11; S. 839
Hauptverfasser:	Goswami, Neela D, Stout, Jason E, Miller, William C, Hecker, Emily J, Cox, Gary M, Norton, Brianna L, Sena, Arlene C
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States 01.11.2013
Schlagworte:	Adult Algorithms Community-Institutional Relations Feasibility Studies Female Follow-Up Studies Geographic Information Systems Humans Male Mass Screening - methods North Carolina - epidemiology Sensitivity and Specificity Syphilis - diagnosis Syphilis - epidemiology Syphilis Serodiagnosis - methods Treponema pallidum - isolation & purification North Carolina
ISSN:	1537-4521, 1537-4521
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