Once acquired, syphilis can pass through 4 distinct stages of disease: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, latent syphilis, and tertiary syphilis, with each stage being characterized by ...

The hope is that these tests will boost syphilis screening rates, allowing people to take action before they can spread the infection. There are four stages of syphilis, each with specific symptoms.

A regional collaboration called the Stop Syphilis Coalition is launching a public awareness campaign this month to educate residents and providers on risk factors, symptoms and screening ...

Syphilis has long been difficult to eradicate—and it’s having another resurgence. In the United States alone, more than 171,000 cases of the sexually-transmitted infection were reported in 2021, up 68 ...

Syphilis is back on the rise across the United States after being nearly eliminated in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But in ...

Syphilis rates are at their highest since the 1960s. Here's why. After decades of decline, syphilis cases are on the rise ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the earliest warning signs of the primary stage of syphilis appear as sores at the location where the infection entered the body, usually in ...

The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2008;42(2):226-236. Latent syphilis is a stage in which patients are seroreactive but asymptomatic. [24] It occurs between the disappearance of secondary syphilis ...