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

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   Last week, the FDA approved the first at-home, over-the-counter test to detect syphilis in human blood. Completed in 15 minutes, the "First To Know Syphilis Test" works with a pinprick of blood.

3. US FDA approves first at-home syphilis test - AOL

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   Developed by privately held NOWDiagnostics, the antibody test helps identify current or past infection and provides a result in about 15 minutes. However, the regulator added that the results from ...

4. Syphilis cases are on the rise. The FDA just approved a home ...

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   The FDA just approved the first at-home test to detect syphilis antibodies, which will make it easier for people to screen themselves for this sexually transmitted disease. The test from ...

5. Premarital medical examination - Wikipedia

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   The most common blood test for syphilis was the Wassermann test, developed in 1906 by August von Wassermann, though results of the alternative Kahn test were also usually accepted. [1] If a partner tested positive, they would generally be required to undergo a course of treatment until a doctor was satisfied that the infection was resolved.

6. Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test - Wikipedia

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   The MHA-TP is used to confirm a syphilis infection after another method tests positive for the syphilis bacteria. The MHA-TP test detects antibodies to the bacteria that cause syphilis and can be used to detect syphilis in all stages, except during the first 3 to 4 weeks. This test is not done on spinal fluid. The MHA-TP test is rarely used any ...

7. Rapid plasma reagin - Wikipedia

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   The rapid plasma reagin test (RPR test or RPR titer) is a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient that may indicate an infection by syphilis or related non-venereal treponematoses. It is one of several nontreponemal tests for syphilis (along with the Wassermann test and the VDRL test).

8. Some worry that the first FDA-approved at-home test for STIs ...

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   The test kit, called Simple 2, does not screen for syphilis, which typically requires at least a finger-prick blood sample. There were at least 177,000 syphilis cases in 2021, a 74% increase since ...

9. Nontreponemal tests for syphilis - Wikipedia

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   Nontreponemal tests are screening tests, very rapid and relatively simple, but need to be confirmed by treponemal tests. [1] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-approved standard tests include the VDRL test (a slide test), the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test (a card test), the unheated serum reagin (USR) test, and the toluidine red ...