Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Higher rapid plasma reagin, or RPR, titers at diagnosis and a diagnosis made in more recent years are associated ...
Treponema pallidum, a spirochete, causes syphilis and is spread through contact with infectious lesions or body fluids. An ulcerative skin lesion, known as chancre, typically develops at the site of ...
The routine diagnosis of syphilis in an asymptomatic individual is by serology, with the testing algorithm varying by country. In Western Europe and Australia, a treponemal test is used for screening, ...
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 165, No. 6 (Jun., 1992), pp. 1124-1126 (3 pages) The prevalence of biologic false-positive (BFP) reactions for syphilis (reactive rapid plasma reagin [RPR] ...