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An outbreak of syphilis on an Indian reservation: descriptive epidemiology and disease-control measures.

Author(s) -

Annegret Gerber,

L C King,

Gerard Dunleavy,

Lloyd F. Novick

Publication year - 1989

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.79.1.83

Subject(s) - syphilis , outbreak , medicine , epidemiology , demography , environmental health , public health , treponematosis , disease , gerontology , pediatrics , family medicine , sexually transmitted disease , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , sociology

From January 1983 through January 1985, 88 cases of early adult syphilis and five cases of congenital syphilis were identified among residents of a southwestern Indian reservation. The male-to-female ratio of primary and secondary syphilis cases was 1.7: 1; over 90 per cent of women were of childbearing age. Using community health workers to determine the social circles of infected persons was effective in identifying persons at risk; treatment of partners of infected persons prior to development of seroreactivity contributed to the successful control of this outbreak.

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