Reported Cases of Neurosyphilis Among Early Syphilis Cases—United States, 2009 to 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Sex Transm Dis
• Personal Author:
  de Voux, Alex ; Kidd, Sarah ; Torrone, Elizabeth A.
• Description:
  The surveillance of neurosyphilis, an uncommon but severe consequence of syphilis, is complex; surveillance classification of neurosyphilis requires a lumbar puncture and cerebrospinal fluid analysis. We examined the prevalence of reported neurosyphilis among primary, secondary, and early latent syphilis cases reported in the United States from 2009 to 2015. Overall, the prevalence of reported neurosyphilis from 2009 to 2015 was low (0.84%); however, this is likely an underestimate of the true burden in the United States.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Female Health Surveys Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged Neurosyphilis Population Surveillance Prevalence Spinal Puncture Syphilis, Latent Young Adult

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• Source:
  Sex Transm Dis. 45(1):39-41.
• Pubmed ID:
  28876294
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5763486
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4b9307b109c70a98a695944ad24a0bd7ab40d25793b962c71f4944ad59293acb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50857/cdc_50857_DS1.pdf
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