Latent Syphilis and False-Positive Wassermann Reaction in the Tropics
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In a previous communication (Greval, Sen Gupta and Das, 1938) it was shown that (?') latent syphilis was encountered in an unselected hospital population rather infrequently, (w) that many conditions other than syphilis were responsible for a positive Wassermann reaction, and that (in) the Wassermann-positive rate in an unselected Indian population was likely to be under 10.25 per cent rather than 20 to 22 per cent of the previous writers. The work commenced in connection with the aforesaid items, in the Carmichael Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Calcutta, in 1937, has been continued. More figures are now available. They confirm the previous findings and reduce the Wassermannpositive rate still further.
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