Congenital syphilis, réunion Island, 2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2082-2083

  Ramiandrisoa, Juliana ^a   Aubert, Lydéric ^a   Lespine, Emilie Boidin ^a   Alessandri, Jean Luc ^b   Robillard, Pierre Yves ^b   Bertsch, Marc ^c   Gallay, Anne ^d   Goulet, Véronique ^d   D'Ortenzio, Eric ^a  

^a Institute for Public Health Surveillance in the Indian Ocean   (France)

^b Regional Hospital   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Gabriel Martin   (France)

^d French Institute for Public Health   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REUNION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 84930473114     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1711.101925     Document Type: Letter

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