The rates of syphilis are rising in the United States and many high-income nations despite
the availability of screening and effective treatment. 1–4 The diagnosis of syphilis can be …

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are caused by a variety of pathogens, many of which
have shared symptoms and all of which have shared transmission routes as implied by the …

Background Syphilis is a complex, multistage, sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by
the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum (TP). New diagnostic tools are …

Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum is a fastidious spirochete and the etiologic agent of
syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Syphilis diagnoses and disease staging are …

Early detection and treatment of syphilis will reduce the infectious period and transmission.
We aimed to determine whether screening men who have sex with men (MSM) taking HIV …

We investigated Treponema pallidum PCR positivity at mucosal sites (oral, anal, and vaginal
sites) among adults who had sexual contact with a person with syphilis (syphilis contacts) …

Objectives We evaluated a real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) for detection of the
Treponema pallidum (TP) genome in clinical samples through simultaneous detection of two …

Syphilis, a common sexually transmitted disease, is caused by Treponema pallidum subsp.
pallidum. Owing to the chameleonic behavior of syphilis, ocular involvement still presents a …

Background Syphilis incidence is rising among men who have sex with men (MSM). An
online tool based on a risk score identifying men with higher risk of infectious syphilis could …

Yaws affects children in tropical regions while syphilis affects sexually active adults
worldwide. Despite various campaigns towards eradication of yaws and elimination of …