Congenital syphilis re-emerging;Wiederkehr der kongenitalen syphilis

JDDG - Journal of the German Society of Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-272

  Simms, Ian ^a   Broutet, Nathalie ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Congenital; Connatal; Control program; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SILDENAFIL;

CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PYRIDINES; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 41749083974     PISSN: 16100379     EISSN: 16100387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2008.06490.x     Document Type: Review

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