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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 ...
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Syphilis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- American Social Health Association http://www.ashastd.org/
- National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
- National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of STD Prevention
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation http://www.kff.org
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- CDC National Prevention Information Network http://www.cdcnpin.org/
- Office of Communications, NIAID, NIH, HHS
- National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/nchstp.html
- Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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