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INTRODUCTION Congenital syphilis can be prevented by testing pregnant women with a serological test developed by Wassermann in 1906 and by treating seropositive women with penicillin, discovered by Fleming in 1928. 1, 2 Unfortunately, more than 70 years later, congenital syphilis is still a leading cause of perinatal death in many developing countries. 3 11 Before 1996, syphilis screening for pregnant women in Haitis Artibonite region was done by drawing blood at community dispensaries, transporting the blood to a central laboratory, returning test results to the dispensary, and then treating seropositive women at a follow-up visit. Unfortunately, this centralized prenatal screening strategy failed, and rates . . . Full Text METHODS RESULTS Dispensary Laboratories Rates of Congenital Syphilis DISCUSSION
American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association
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