For decades, syphilis testing meant first screening a patient with a nontreponemal test, such as the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test, which identifies recent or untreated syphilis but can yield ...

Syphilis in the United States is at an all-time high, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data collected by the CDC shows that cases of syphilis and ...

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] ...

After a 2-day training course at the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, 28 nontechnical venereal disease investigators performed the rapid plasma reagin card test on more than 3,900 persons. The ...

A colleague treated a patient for secondary syphilis, then repeated the course of treatment because the RPR remained positive after the second course of treatment. How long does it take for the RPR ...

There is a great need for improved diagnosis of curable bacterial sexually transmitted infections among women in developing countries. We found that wider access to new diagnostic tests has a greater ...

An alert from U.S. health authorities about recipients of COVID-19 vaccines recording false positive results for syphilis has been misconstrued online. According to some social media users, the Food ...

The number of people contracting syphilis is on the rise. If a mother has an active infection of syphilis when she is pregnant, it can cause serious health issues for her baby. The organism that is ...