The following is a summary of “Incidence and Prevalence of Syphilitic Uveitis and Associated Ocular Complications in the ...

This happens whether a person is symptomatic or not. These antibodies — known as treponemal-specific antibodies — persist in a person for decades, even if the infection never becomes active or ...

Several states are reporting cases of measles, a highly contagious viral disease. Both children and adults can get measles. Before going to a clinic or emergency room, it’s important to check with ...

Objective The serological diagnosis of syphilis requires the detection of two distinct antibodies, the non-treponemal and trepomenal. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends ...

The sexually transmitted disease originated in the Americas 8,000 years ago. But there's evidence that 15th Century colonialists spread Syphilis worldwide.Syphilis and Christopher Columbus have ...

Their bacterial samples included three subspecies of the treponemal bacterial family, which are responsible for different treponemal diseases. One subspecies, T. pallidum, causes modern syphilis.

Serology testing continues to be an indispensable tool for the management of several disease states, especially treponemal screening to monitor syphilis infection in the US. Come to this educational ...

Serology testing continues to be an indispensable tool for the management of several disease states, especially treponemal screening to monitor syphilis infection in the US. Come to this educational ...

The header for point 3 has been revised to “The first syphilis POCT licensed in Canada detects treponemal antibodies.” The first sentence of point 4 has been revised to “Treponemal POCTs cannot ...

Increasing screening uptake is important to reversing the rising rates of syphilis and congenital syphilis in Canada.1, 2 Conventional screening for syphilis involves serologic laboratory testing.1 – ...

A comparative study of γM-fluorescent treponemal antibody (γM-FTA-ABS), routine FTA-ABS and γG-FTA-ABS, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) antibody levels, as well as total serum γM ...

Objective: This study aimed at investigating the impact of successive freeze-thaw cycles on the stability of serum samples stored at -20ºC regarding the reactivity of anti-treponemal antibodies.