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2. With cases rising, FDA authorizes first over-the-counter home ...

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   The US Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home over-the-counter test for syphilis Friday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

3. FDA approves over-the-counter syphilis test amid national and ...

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   August 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM. Aug. 20—Amid a local and national surge of syphilis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this month approved an over-the-counter test for the sexually transmitted ...

4. Syphilis - Wikipedia

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   45.4 million / 0.6% (2015, global) [5] Deaths. 107,000 (2015, global) [6] Syphilis (/ ˈsɪfəlɪs /) is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. [1] The signs and symptoms depend on the stage it presents: primary, secondary, latent or tertiary. [1][2] The primary stage classically ...

5. Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay - Wikipedia

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   For primary syphilis, TPPA has a sensitivity of 85% to 100%, and a specificity of 98% to 100%. [2] In secondary and late-latent syphilis, TPPA has a sensitivity of 98% to 100%. [2] Antibodies against other treponemal organisms, such as the T. pallidum subspecies endemicum, pertenue, or carateum, can cause false positive results.

6. Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test - Wikipedia

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   Purpose. blood test for syphilis. The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test (VDRL) is a blood test 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 has high sensitivity), whereas other, more specific tests are used to diagnose the disease.

7. ‘An epidemic’: Syphilis rages through Texas, causing newborn ...

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   In Lubbock, where officials have seen an overall 500% increase in syphilis cases since 2019, health officials say significantly more babies have been born with the disease this year, leading to ...

8. History of syphilis - Wikipedia

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   The history of syphilis has been well studied, but the exact origin of the disease remains unknown. [3] It appears to have originated in both Africa and America. [4] [5] As such, there are two primary hypotheses: one proposes that syphilis was carried to Europe from the Americas by the crew(s) of Christopher Columbus as a byproduct of the Columbian exchange, while the other proposes that ...

9. Tuskegee Syphilis Study - Wikipedia

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   The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male [1] (informally referred to as the Tuskegee Experiment or Tuskegee Syphilis Study) was a study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a group of nearly 400 African American men with syphilis.