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

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   US FDA approves first at-home syphilis test. August 16, 2024 at 11:12 AM ... over-the-counter test to detect syphilis antibodies in human blood in a move that could help boost screening rates for ...

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

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   The FDA just approved a home test that could combat that. Kaitlin Reilly. August 17, 2024 at 2:12 PM. ... Soon you will be able to test for syphilis at home, thanks to a first-of-its-kind approval ...

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. 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).

6. Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test - Wikipedia

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   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. Nontreponemal tests for syphilis - Wikipedia

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   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 unheated serum test (TRUST). [2] These have mostly replaced the first nontreponemal test, the Wassermann test. [citation needed]