Open AccessRising trends of syphilis in a tertiary care center in North India
Author(s) -
Sunil Sethi,
Abhishek Mewara,
Vinaykumar Hallur,
Akhila Prasad,
Kusum Sharma,
Atul Raj
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3816
pISSN - 0253-7184
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7184.167137
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , center (category theory) , syphilis , optometry , family medicine , socioeconomics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , chemistry , sociology , crystallography
Syphilis is a classical sexually transmitted disease (STD), caused by Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum. In this retrospective study, we analyzed trends of syphilis prevalence in patient groups attending our tertiary care center.