Open AccessSelective mass treatment in a venereal disease control program.
Author(s) -
Harold W. Jaffe,
Dana Rice,
Richard Voigt,
Josephine R. Fowler,
R K St John
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.69.11.1181
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , disease control , environmental health , sexually transmitted disease , demography , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology
To control syphilis among prostitutes and seasonal farm workers in Fresno County, California, we developed a program of selective mass treatment of prostitutes. From August 1976 to July 1977, 512 women entered the program. Overall, 4.6 per cent of women treated prophylactically for syphilis were actually infected. Compared to cases in the previous year, infectious syphilis cases among prostitutes and seasonal farm workers decreased 51.3 per cent and 26.8 per cent, respectively.