Guidelines for serological testing for syphilis.
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Guidelines for serological testing for syphilis
Although we may wish it were not so, syphilis, like the poor, will always be with us—at least for the foreseeable future. The levels of both are determined to a large extent, by political instability and socioeconomic deprivation. Overall, the incidence of syphilis is low in Western Europe (approximately 0.3 cases/ 100 000 in England in 1998) although it has reached epidemic proportions in the ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Sexually transmitted infections
دوره 77 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000