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  2. 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).

  3. Congenital syphilis - Wikipedia

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    Congenital syphilis is syphilis that occurs when a mother with untreated syphilis passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy or at birth. [4] It may present in the fetus , infant , or later. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Clinical features vary and differ between early onset, that is presentation before 2-years of age, and late onset, presentation after ...

  4. Syphilis - Wikipedia

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    Congenital syphilis is that which is transmitted during pregnancy or during birth. [7] Two-thirds of syphilitic infants are born without symptoms. [ 7 ] Common symptoms that develop over the first couple of years of life include enlargement of the liver and spleen (70%), rash (70%), fever (40%), neurosyphilis (20%), and lung inflammation (20% ...

  5. 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.

  6. 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).

  7. As syphilis cases among US newborns soar, doctors group ... - AOL

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    With syphilis cases in U.S. newborns skyrocketing, a doctors group now recommends that all pregnant patients be screened three times for the sexually transmitted infection. The American College of ...

  8. Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay - Wikipedia

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    Often a plastic test plate containing many small "wells" is used as the test dish so that many patients may be tested at the same time but their results can be kept separate from each other. Please note the image (Fig 1) of the wells on the test plate and the positive and negative test results look different. [1] For primary syphilis, TPPA has ...

  9. 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 ...