Open AccessIdentifying Unreported and Undiagnosed Cases of Congenital Syphilis in Arizona Using Live Birth and Fetal Death Registries
Author(s) -
Michelle Winscott,
Melanie Taylor,
Kerry Kenney
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3181c37e2a
Subject(s) - medicine , congenital syphilis , syphilis , pediatrics , obstetrics , treponematosis , infant mortality , sexually transmitted disease , immunology , population , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
To investigate the drop in reported congenital syphilis cases from 28 in 2005 to 16 in 2006, the Arizona infant registries were cross matched with reported syphilis test among women in th estat STD database. Six previously unreported cases were identified; four live births and two still births.