Increase in incidence of congenital syphilis - United States, 2012-2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 1241-1245

  Bowen, Virginia ^a,b   Su, John ^c   Torrone, Elizabeth ^b   Kidd, Sarah ^b   Weinstock, Hillard ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; UNITED STATES;

ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947431322     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6444a3     Document Type: Note

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