Sentences with phrase «of syphilis»

Meanwhile, the rate of reported cases of syphilis in the U.S. rose for the seventh consecutive year — up 12 percent between 2006 and 2007 — according to preliminary data gathered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

According to one document that recently came to light, the chief pathologist, Alexei Abrikosov, was ordered to prove that Lenin had not died of syphilis.

This is no better than supposing that symptoms of syphilis explain syphilis.

«A brief history of syphilis points to a neglected disease in sub-Saharan Africa.»

They found that the prevalence of syphilis plummeted in a number of countries where it had remained high around the time of the AIDS epidemic in the late 1990s.

«By increasing detection of syphilis infections, we might be able to reduce deaths by 10-fold.

Mentally disturbed people who were victims of syphilis were, in earlier times, the primary inhabitants of our mental institutions.

This is no better than supposing that the symptoms of syphilis explain syphilis.

In Australia, where the figures for 2017 have just been released, rates of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia are the highest they have been since national recording began in the 1990s.

«The first prototype was designed at the Colorado State University located in Fort Collins, it showed excellent results in the detection of syphilis, and we are working to perfect it for the other three diseases.»

Continually suffering from the effects of syphilis from her first husband, Jenkins in her later years took up vocal opera, in which she couldn't carry a tune or hit any sort of impressive notes.

And, since women can carry both syphilis and pregnancies, a rise in syphilis in this population also means a rise congenital syphilis (the transmission of syphilis from mother to fetus), which causes miscarriages, stillbirths, preterm births, neonatal death, and birth defects.

A deeper understanding of the dynamics affecting the transmission of syphilis would have given health systems pause for thought and the opportunity to better prepare for an outbreak.

But even an imperfect vaccine — one that doesn't provide total protection against infection but does help strengthen immune defenses against the spread of a syphilis infection — would be a boon for babies, as incidence of congenital syphilis could plummet in the wake of successful vaccination campaigns.

This suggests that the disease might have evolved into a less virulent form, possibly in response to selective pressure against symptoms that render the host sexually unappealing; the pustules of yore don't seem to decorate the epidermis of contemporary sufferers, making them more likely to perpetuate the milder form of syphilis through sexual transmission.

Between 2013 and 2014, HIV infections were up by 33 percent, gonorrhea numbers increased by 30 percent and cases of syphilis increased by 79 percent.

Hypothesizing that «a decrease in the cost of syphilis due to penicillin [which, in 1943, was found to treat syphilis effectively] spurred an increase in risky non-traditional sex,» the Emory University economist Andrew Francis discovered evidence that «the era of modern sexuality originated in the mid to late 1950s,» prior to the debut of oral contraceptive pills in 1960.

While I have voiced my suspicion that Trump's behavior and cognitive functioning may result from tertiary impacts of syphilis, I have not «gone their» yet despite reading lots of speculation concerning incest.

Charles Rein, a consultant for the WHO, responded: «They either have a different brand of syphilis in Russia or a different kind of penicillin.»

According to the researchers, the origin of syphilis has been hotly debated since the first recorded epidemic of the disease in Europe in 1495.

The so - called Columbian theory of syphilis's spread was based on finding skeletal remains bearing the signature of the disease — thickened leg and arm bones and skull scars — in a suggestive pattern.

Dangerous spirochetes, like the Treponema of syphilis or the Borrelia of Lyme disease, have long - standing symbiotic relationships with us.

This remarkable discovery of the earliest evidence of syphilis between 1320 and 1390 now awaits confirmation by molecular biological tests and proteomics (examination of the proteome using biochemical methods).

«We found so - called Hutchinson's teeth with central notches and converging edges and mulberry molars, which are characteristic signs of syphilis,» study authors Kanz and Großschmidt (Department of Cell and Developmental Biology) explained.

The scientists hope to gain further insights from the proteomic analysis, in particular, because the DNA of syphilis decays very rapidly.

Her research interests include evaluation of serologic assays for diagnosis of syphilis and assessing the population - level impact of human papillomavirus vaccination.

Abrikosov didn't mention the disease in his autopsy, yet the blood - vessel damage he cited, as well as the paralysis and other incapacities acknowledged in official records, are typical of syphilis.

Merging black holes, gravitational waves, a virtual walk among molecules and love in the time of syphilis.

Even Grindr, a hookup app for gay men, is linked with more than half of all syphilis cases in New Zealand in 2012.

Last June, U.K. health officials reported more than 50 cases of syphilis across South Wales in the first half of the year, a rate that was nearly as much as all of Wales in 2013.

But if the triumphs and downfalls of struggling artists aren't really all that interesting, just mix in a mystical immortal creature who creates the necessary blue paint and a whole lot of syphilis.

In the mid-1990s, the city of Baltimore was attacked by an epidemic of syphilis.

So why is he still the iconic American gangster, nearly 70 years after his death from the complications of syphilis?

The other tweets were all directed towards a fellow student in the class, related to a replica of the syphilis bacterium in an Anatomy and Physiology class, and hip range of motion assessment in a Health Assessment class.

That said, the capacity of syphilis to readily regain its foothold in so many locations across remote Australia should not surprise us.

This gap was remedied in 2014 by the introduction of a set of nationally agreed guidelines for the public health management of syphilis in remote populations.

It could be argued that the reasons for the dramatic decline of syphilis in remote populations in earlier decades were misunderstood, and this has contributed to the current difficulties.

Social determinants of syphilis in South China: the effect of sibling position on syphilis and sexual risk behaviours

When they disappear, thousands of syphilis victims think themselves cured, not realizing that instead of cure, this marks the end of the period when the best chance for it is possible.

Written records of syphilis date back to 1495 when it seemed to appear in Europe for the first time.

By 2000, syphilis rates hit an all - time low, and many scientists thought the United States was at the dawn of the complete elimination of syphilis.

Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, is seen in this electron micrograph adhering to a surface with the tapered end of its structure.

The issue of syphilis was also raised, with this Croakey post looking at the recent syphilis outbreak in Central Australia and might measures might be needed for its eradication.