Context appropriate interventions to prevent syphilis: a narrative review

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• Alternative Title:
  Sex Transm Dis
• Personal Author:
  Peterman, Thomas A. ; Cha, Susan
• Description:
  Background:
  
  The success of an intervention to prevent syphilis will depend on the context and the goal of the intervention. To help programs choose interventions, we reviewed major changes in context and types of interventions that may be effective.
  
  Methods:
  
  We reviewed the literature on the changing context of syphilis in the United States and interventions to prevent syphilis, focusing on papers that included evidence of effectiveness.
  
  Results:
  
  Populations acquiring syphilis are constantly changing. Currently, incidence is very high among men who have sex with men. Among adults, late disease caused by syphilis has become rare. Congenital syphilis incidence has been low but is increasing, and morbidity and mortality remain high when babies are infected. Congenital syphilis now causes more deaths than syphilis among adults.
  
  Conclusion:
  
  So far, no program has stopped the increasing rates of infection among MSM, but secondary prevention efforts have prevented most disability. Congenital syphilis is increasing, and can be decreased by screening pregnant women and stopped by intensive efforts to prevent infection among women.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Contact Tracing Female Homosexuality, Male Humans Incidence Male Mass Screening Pregnancy Sexual And Gender Minorities Sexual Partners Syphilis Syphilis, Congenital

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• Keywords:
  Congenital Syphilis Control History Partner Notification Screening Surveillance Syphilis
• Source:
  Sex Transm Dis. 45(9 ):S65-S71
• Pubmed ID:
  29465640
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6752042
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:748d652d013d8ac34a0f86c408f87bce7079a69edd886a7f69a7501bbbf9f08c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/134176/cdc_134176_DS1.pdf
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