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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by a spirochaete bacterium, Treponema pallidum. Syphilis has many alternate names, including "lues", "syph", "the Pox" (or "great pox", to distinguish it from smallpox), and the "French disease."
The route of transmission of syphilis is almost invariably by sexual contact; however, there are examples of direct contact infections (see yaws) and of congenital syphilis (transmission from mother to child in utero).
The signs and symptoms of syphilis are myriad; before the advent of serological testing, diagnosis was more difficult and the disease was dubbed the "Great Imitator" because it was so often confused with other diseases.
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OH: Syphilis doesn't help me. Haven't you read the leaflets?
cowfish (Billy Abbott) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:23:59 -0000
OH: Syphilis doesn't help me. Haven't you read the leaflets?
RT @NovaGiovanni: I'd never let my children believe in Santa. The last gift a white man gave Blacks for free was Syphilis during Tuskegee.
CruzanChoklate (Cruzan Choklate) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:16:04 -0000
RT @NovaGiovanni: I'd never let my children believe in Santa. The last gift a white man gave Blacks for free was Syphilis during Tuskegee.
@aclarkkennedy Actually it was 12. You forgot syphilis. No drugs. Insurance denied my meds. Doc said I'm f***ed. True story.
BroStephenScott (Scott Kirkpatrick) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:07:58 -0000
@aclarkkennedy Actually it was 12. You forgot syphilis. No drugs. Insurance denied my meds. Doc said I'm f***ed. True story.
RT @NovaGiovanni: I'd never let my children believe in Santa. The last gift a white man gave Blacks for free was Syphilis during Tuskegee.
RaTHeR_Un1QuE (Miss Kay) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:54:18 -0000
RT @NovaGiovanni: I'd never let my children believe in Santa. The last gift a white man gave Blacks for free was Syphilis during Tuskegee.
RT @NovaGiovanni: I'd never let my children believe in Santa. The last gift a white man gave Blacks for free was Syphilis during Tuskegee.
Saniyyah (Saniyyah Samaa) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:52:44 -0000
RT @NovaGiovanni: I'd never let my children believe in Santa. The last gift a white man gave Blacks for free was Syphilis during Tuskegee.
RT @NovaGiovanni I'd never let my children believe in Santa. The last gift a white man gave Blacks for free was Syphilis during Tuskegee.
AunnieMichelle (Candace Michelle) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:52:25 -0000
RT @NovaGiovanni I'd never let my children believe in Santa. The last gift a white man gave Blacks for free was Syphilis during Tuskegee.
Answers about Syphilis - Information about Syphilis, a curable sexually transmitted disease. Symptoms include: sores, rash, small bumps.
Symptoms - Describes the varies stages of the syphilis bacteria.
Meta Description: [ Syphilis is caused by the bacteria T. pallidum, a spiral shaped organism that moves throughout the body by splitting in two about once every day. The disease begins with a chancre which normally forms on the genital area. ]
CDC Fact about Syphilis - Learn about how syphilis is contracted and how to prevent it.
Meta Description: [ Syphilis Fact Sheet from CDC. What is syphilis? How common is syphilis? How do people get syphilis? And more... ]
eMedicine Health - Syphilis - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this, a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria.
Meta Description: [ Syphilis (pronounced SIF-uh-lus) is a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria. The highly infectious disease may also be passed, but much less often, through blood transfusions or from mother to ... ]
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General Practice Notebook - Syphilis - Offers the syphilis section of the GPnotebook clinical encyclopaedia.
MedlinePlus: Syphilis - Directory of factsheets, news, and articles.
Meta Description: [ Syphilis ]
NWHIC - Syphilis - Learn about this sexually transmitted disease (STD) from the National Women's Health Information Center.
Origins of Syphilis - New studies shows the disease dates back 1,600 years.
Meta Description: [ New studies by paleopathologists Bruce and Christine Rothschild favor a New World origin. ]
Symptoms on Syphilis - The development of syphilis occurs in four stages.
Meta Description: [ SYPHILIS [syphilis] , contagious sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum (described by Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoff ]
Syphilis - Fact sheet from the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Syphilis and Neurosyphilis - A comprehensive resource on Treponema pallidum, a spirochetal bacterium, from AEGIS.
Meta Description: [ Treponema pallidum, a spirochetal bacterium. This is a sexually transmitted disease that has three stages. ]
Syphilis Facts - Factsheet with cause, signs, and symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
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