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2. Syphilis cases are on the rise. The FDA just approved a ... - AOL

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   Syphilis is typically spread through direct contact with a syphilis sore, known as a chancre, during vaginal, anal or oral sex. It can also be passed from a pregnant person to a child during birth.

3. 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 ...

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

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   The new test received FDA authorization after the company submitted data from clinical trials showing that the First To Know Syphilis Test identified a positive specimen 93.4% of the time.

5. 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 ...

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

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   While some may believe it is a disease of the past, syphilis is more prevalent in the United States than any time since the 1950s. Between 2018 and 2022, cases of the disease rose by more than 80% ...

7. Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test - Wikipedia

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   The fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-ABS) test is a diagnostic test for syphilis.Using antibodies specific for the Treponema pallidum species, such tests would be assumed to be more specific than non-treponemal testing such as VDRL but have been shown repeatedly to be sensitive but not specific for the diagnosis of neurosyphilis in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).