Syphilis on the Rise: What Went Wrong?

doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7073

Editorial

. 2016 Jun 7;315(21):2281-3.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.7073.

Syphilis on the Rise: What Went Wrong?

Meredith E Clement¹, Charles B Hicks²

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¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
² Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.

PMID: 27272579
PMCID: PMC6613539
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.7073

Editorial

Syphilis on the Rise: What Went Wrong?

Meredith E Clement et al. JAMA. 2016.

. 2016 Jun 7;315(21):2281-3.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.7073.

Authors

Meredith E Clement¹, Charles B Hicks²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
² Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.

PMID: 27272579
PMCID: PMC6613539
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.7073

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Dr Hicks reported having served on scientific advisory boards for BristolMyers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Merck, Janssen Virology, and ViiV Healthcare and a data monitoring committee for AstraZeneca; having received royalties from UpToDate; and having served as an associate editor and author for NEJM Journal Watch. Dr Clement reported having received royalties from UpToDate.

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Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.
US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF); Bibbins-Domingo K, Grossman DC, Curry SJ, Davidson KW, Epling JW Jr, García FA, Gillman MW, Harper DM, Kemper AR, Krist AH, Kurth AE, Landefeld CS, Mangione CM, Phillips WR, Phipps MG, Pignone MP. US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), et al. JAMA. 2016 Jun 7;315(21):2321-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.5824. JAMA. 2016. PMID: 27272583 Review.

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[1] Chesson HW, Dee TS, Aral SO. AIDS mortality may have contributed to the decline in syphilis rates in the United States in the 1990s. Sex Tronsm Dis. 2003;30(5):419–424. - PubMed

[2] Chesson HW, Dee TS, Aral SO. AIDS mortality may have contributed to the decline in syphilis rates in the United States in the 1990s. Sex Tronsm Dis. 2003;30(5):419–424. - PubMed

[3] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Primary and secondary syphilis: United States, 1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2001; 50(7):113–117. - PubMed

[4] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Primary and secondary syphilis: United States, 1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2001; 50(7):113–117. - PubMed

[5] US Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for syphilis infection in nonpregnant adults and adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.5824. - DOI - PubMed

[6] US Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for syphilis infection in nonpregnant adults and adolescents: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.5824. - DOI - PubMed

[7] Cantor AG, Pappas M, Daeges M, Nelson HD. Screening for syphilis: updated evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.4114. - DOI - PubMed

[8] Cantor AG, Pappas M, Daeges M, Nelson HD. Screening for syphilis: updated evidence report and systematic review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.4114. - DOI - PubMed

[9] Clement ME, Hicks CB. RPR and the serologic diagnosis of syphilis. JAMA. 2014;312(18):1922–1923. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Clement ME, Hicks CB. RPR and the serologic diagnosis of syphilis. JAMA. 2014;312(18):1922–1923. - PMC - PubMed

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