Increases in Ocular Syphilis—North Carolina, 2014–2015
Author(s) -
Sara E. Oliver,
Anna B. Cope,
Jessica L. Rinsky,
Charnetta Williams,
Liu Gui,
Stephanie Hawks,
Thomas A. Peterman,
Lauri E. Markowitz,
Aaron T. Fleischauer,
Erika Samoff,
Jason Hall,
Victor J. Hough,
Andre Ivey,
Samantha Greene,
Dishonda Taylor,
Mike Mercurio,
Miraida Gipson
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix604
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , optometry , south carolina , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , public administration , political science
Ocular syphilis is an inflammatory eye disease due to Treponema pallidum infection. In the United States, syphilis rates have increased since 2000; clusters of ocular syphilis were reported in 2015. We investigated ocular syphilis in North Carolina to describe the epidemiology and clinical course of disease.
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