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Decreased Congenital Syphilis Incidence in Haiti's Rural Artibonite Region Following Decentralized Prenatal Screening

Decreased Congenital Syphilis Incidence in Haiti's Rural Artibonite Region Following... 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 Haiti’s 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 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Decreased Congenital Syphilis Incidence in Haiti's Rural Artibonite Region Following Decentralized Prenatal Screening

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Publisher
American Public Health Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 by the American Public Health Association
ISSN
0090-0036
eISSN
1541-0048
DOI
10.2105/AJPH.93.3.444
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Abstract

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 Haiti’s 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

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American Journal of Public HealthAmerican Public Health Association

Published: Mar 1, 2003

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