Open AccessAn epidemic of congenital syphilis in Jefferson County, Texas, 1994-1995: inadequate prenatal syphilis testing after an outbreak in adults.
Author(s) -
K Southwick,
Harlan Mark Guidry,
M M Weldon,
Kader Mert,
Stuart M. Berman,
William C. Levine
Publication year - 1999
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.89.4.557
Subject(s) - syphilis , congenital syphilis , outbreak , medicine , prenatal care , environmental health , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , population , sociology
After a syphilis epidemic in Jefferson County, Texas, in 1993 and 1994, congenital syphilis prevalence and risk factors were determined and local prenatal syphilis screening practices were assessed.
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