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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Published in:Sexually transmitted diseases Vol. 40; no. 11; p. 839
Main Authors: Goswami, Neela D, Stout, Jason E, Miller, William C, Hecker, Emily J, Cox, Gary M, Norton, Brianna L, Sena, Arlene C
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.11.2013
Subjects:
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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Summary: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, 33 (73%) had previously treated syphilis infection, and 9 (20%) had negative nontreponemal test results.
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ISSN:1537-4521
1537-4521
DOI:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000025