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A SYPHILIS EPIDEMIC IN A NORTHERN TERRITORY ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY
Author(s) -
Jacobs D. S.
Publication year - 1981
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.1326-5377.1981.tb135995.x
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , community health , serology , northern territory , geography , family medicine , public health , ethnology , sociology , nursing , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antibody
An epidemic of syphilis in an Australian Aboriginal community with no previous experience of the disease is described. Syphilis was diagnosed in 214 cases during the five‐year period 1975 to 1979 inclusive. The epidemic was controlled by an intensive programme based on active case detection by serological screening and community education, implemented through the local community health centre.