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SYPHILIS IN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY
Author(s) -
Jacobs D. S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb112422.x
Subject(s) - northern territory , syphilis , geography , incidence (geometry) , socioeconomics , ethnology , demography , history , archaeology , medicine , sociology , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , optics
A marked increase in the incidence of syphilis in Australian Aborigines in the Northern Territory has occurred in recent years. A total of 287 syphilis notifications relating to Aborigines in the north west of the Northern Territory during the 12‐month period from June, 1976, to May, 1977, are analysed. An outline of how the Northern Territory Medical Service plans to deal with the situation is described.