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syphilis

[sif-uh-lis] / ˈsɪf ə lɪs /




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The National Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis Syndemic Federal Task Force ramped up educational outreach, prevention services, and surveillance.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

Syphilis can sometimes be treated with one shot of antibiotics, but if the disease is more advanced it can take three shots given roughly a week apart.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Syphilis during pregnancy can lead to miscarriage and stillbirth, and infants who survive may become blind or deaf, or have severe developmental delays.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Syphilis cases increased by 15% from 7,543 to 8,692.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2023

They profess to recognize 36 different kinds of leprosy, among which they enumerate every form and variety of 456Lichen, Scabies, Psoriasis, and Syphilis.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von




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