Clinical Chemistry Podcast · Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine
Advances in Syphilis Diagnostics to Address the 21st-Century Epidemic
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Syphilis cases have surged to over 200,000 annually, rivaling 1950s levels and surpassing influenza in reported numbers.
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A grounded look at how older syphilis testing is struggling to keep up with a larger public health crisis.
Clinical Chemistry frames the resurgent syphilis epidemic as a practical problem of diagnosis and timing. Dr. Joshua Lieberman walks through the rise in infections, the heavy impact on women, and the testing path that still hinges on treponemal and non-treponemal assays.
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You want the logic behind syphilis testing as the epidemic has surged and congenital cases have risen.
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