Background: Congenital syphilis (CS) is a significant public health challenge, requiring early diagnosis and treatment to improve infant outcomes. The aim of this study is to describe public health ...

The 2024 statistics aren’t finalized yet, but it appears about 60 babies had congenital syphilis, which means they got the infection during pregnancy or at birth. The number of cases had ...

Congenital syphilis cases in Tamil Nadu spiked in 2023-24, raising concerns over data accuracy and treatment availability.

APH using Syphilis Point-of-Care Rapid Testing & Immediate Treatment Evaluation (SPRITE) clinics for early testing and ...

Of infants born to mothers with primary or secondary syphilis, up to 50% will be premature, stillborn, or die in the neonatal period; further, most of these children are born with congenital ...

Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada Introduction: The number of cases of confirmed early congenital syphilis has risen steeply in ...

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Congenital syphilis occurs when a mother with untreated syphilis unknowingly passes the infection to the infant during pregnancy. This can cause miscarriages and stillbirths or have major health ...

With syphilis cases soaring 80% in adults and an astounding 183% in congenital cases — when a pregnant person passes syphilis to their baby during pregnancy or childbirth — from the years 2018-22, the ...

when a baby contracts the illness in the womb, were still higher than last year, but at a reduced level. “Increases in newborn syphilis (known as congenital syphilis) cases appear to be slowing ...

Particularly alarming is the impact of syphilis on pregnancy outcomes. Congenital syphilis, transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy or delivery, can have devastating consequences.