Syphilis, the Glossary
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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum.[1]
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- Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
- Infectious diseases with eradication efforts
- Spirochaetes
Abscess
An abscess is a collection of pus that has built up within the tissue of the body.
Abstinence
Abstinence is the practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure.
Accommodation reflex
The accommodation reflex (or accommodation-convergence reflex) is a reflex action of the eye, in response to focusing on a near object, then looking at a distant object (and vice versa), comprising coordinated changes in vergence, lens shape (accommodation) and pupil size.
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African Americans
African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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Afro-Eurasia
Afro-Eurasia (also Afroeurasia and Eurafrasia) is a landmass comprising the continents of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Alabama
Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers, Walter de Gruyter.
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American Society for Microbiology
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), originally the Society of American Bacteriologists, is a professional organization for scientists who study viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa as well as other aspects of microbiology.
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Anal sex
Anal sex or anal intercourse is generally the insertion and thrusting of the erect penis into a person's anus, or anus and rectum, for sexual pleasure.
Anemia
Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen.
Animal disease model
An animal model (short for animal disease model) is a living, non-human, often genetic-engineered animal used during the research and investigation of human disease, for the purpose of better understanding the disease process without the risk of harming a human.
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Antibiotic
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria.
Antibody
An antibody (Ab) is the secreted form of a B cell receptor; the term immunoglobulin (Ig) can refer to either the membrane-bound form or the secreted form of the B cell receptor, but they are, broadly speaking, the same protein, and so the terms are often treated as synonymous.
Antimicrobial chemotherapy
Antimicrobial chemotherapy is the clinical application of antimicrobial agents to treat infectious diseases.
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Antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials (drugs used to treat infections).
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Aortic aneurysm
An aortic aneurysm is an enlargement (dilatation) of the aorta to greater than 1.5 times normal size.
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Argyll Robertson pupil
Argyll Robertson pupils (AR pupils) are bilateral small pupils that reduce in size on a near object (i.e., they accommodate), but do not constrict when exposed to bright light (i.e., they do not react).
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Arsenic
Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and the atomic number 33.
Arsphenamine
Arsphenamine, also known as Salvarsan or compound 606, is an antibiotic drug that was introduced at the beginning of the 1910s as the first effective treatment for the deadly infectious diseases syphilis, relapsing fever, and African trypanosomiasis.
Arthritis
Arthritis is a term often used to mean any disorder that affects joints.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher.
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Édouard Manet
Édouard Manet (23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter.
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Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
Base pair
A base pair (bp) is a fundamental unit of double-stranded nucleic acids consisting of two nucleobases bound to each other by hydrogen bonds.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Benzathine benzylpenicillin
Benzathine benzylpenicillin, also known as benzathine penicillin G (BPG), is an antibiotic medication useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
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Benzylpenicillin
Benzylpenicillin, also known as penicillin G (PenG) or BENPEN, is an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections.
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Birth defect
A birth defect, also known as a congenital disorder, is an abnormal condition that is present at birth regardless of its cause.
Blood donation
A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called fractionation (separation of whole blood components).
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Blood product
A blood product is any therapeutic substance prepared from human blood.
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Blood test
A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick.
Castile (historical region)
Castile or Castille is a territory of imprecise limits located in Spain.
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Cecil Textbook of Medicine
Cecil Textbook of Medicine (sometimes called Cecil Medicine or Goldman-Cecil Medicine) is a medical textbook published by Elsevier under the Saunders imprint.
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Ceftriaxone
Ceftriaxone, sold under the brand name Rocephin, is a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States.
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Central nervous system
The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord.
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Cephalosporin
The cephalosporins (sg.) are a class of β-lactam antibiotics originally derived from the fungus Acremonium, which was previously known as Cephalosporium.
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Cerebrospinal fluid
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless body fluid found within the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord of all vertebrates.
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Cervix
The cervix (cervices) or cervix uteri is a dynamic fibromuscular organ of the female reproductive system that connects the vagina with the uterine cavity.
Chancre
A chancre thefreedictionary is a painless genital ulcer most commonly formed during the primary stage of syphilis. Syphilis and chancre are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions.
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poet who also worked as an essayist, art critic and translator.
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Chemical & Engineering News
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) is a weekly news magazine published by the American Chemical Society (ACS), providing professional and technical news and analysis in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering.
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Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard regimen.
Chickenpox
Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV), a member of the herpesvirus family.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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Clindamycin
Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic medication used for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections, including osteomyelitis (bone) or joint infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, strep throat, pneumonia, acute otitis media (middle ear infections), and endocarditis.
Clinical trial
Clinical trials are prospective biomedical or behavioral research studies on human participants designed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioral interventions, including new treatments (such as novel vaccines, drugs, dietary choices, dietary supplements, and medical devices) and known interventions that warrant further study and comparison.
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Clutton's joints
Clutton's joints is a term describing the finding of symmetrical joint swelling seen in congenital syphilis. Syphilis and Clutton's joints are sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Condom
A condom is a sheath-shaped barrier device used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Condylomata lata
Condylomata lata (condyloma latum, in English also condyloma lata) is a cutaneous condition characterized by wart-like lesions on the genitals. Syphilis and Condylomata lata are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions.
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Congenital syphilis
Congenital syphilis is syphilis that occurs when a mother with untreated syphilis passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy or at birth. Syphilis and Congenital syphilis are infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission.
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Connective tissue disease
A connective tissue disease is a disease which involves damage to, or destruction of, any type of connective tissue in the body.
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
Cytokine
Cytokines are a broad and loose category of small proteins (~5–25 kDa) important in cell signaling.
Dactylic hexameter
Dactylic hexameter (also known as heroic hexameter and the meter of epic) is a form of meter or rhythmic scheme frequently used in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry.
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Dark-field microscopy
Dark-field microscopy (also called dark-ground microscopy) describes microscopy methods, in both light and electron microscopy, which exclude the unscattered beam from the image.
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Desensitization (medicine)
In medicine, desensitization is a method to reduce or eliminate an organism's negative reaction to a substance or stimulus.
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Developed country
A developed country, or advanced country, is a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy, and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations.
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Developing country
A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries.
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Diagnosis
Diagnosis (diagnoses) is the identification of the nature and cause of a certain phenomenon.
Direct fluorescent antibody
A direct fluorescent antibody (DFA or dFA), also known as "direct immunofluorescence", is an antibody that has been tagged in a direct fluorescent antibody test.
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Disability-adjusted life year
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) are a measure of overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability, or early death.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
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Doubling time
The doubling time is the time it takes for a population to double in size/value.
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Doxycycline
Doxycycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic of the tetracycline class used in the treatment of infections caused by bacteria and certain parasites.
Elephantiasis
Elephantiasis, often incorrectly called elephantitis, is the enlargement and hardening of limbs or body parts due to tissue swelling.
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Endocarditis
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium.
Erich Hoffmann
Erich Hoffmann (25 April 1868 – 8 May 1959) was a German dermatologist who was a native of Witzmitz, Pomerania.
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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
The European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering clinical microbiology and infectious diseases.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Femme fatale
A femme fatale, sometimes called a maneater, Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps.
Fever
Fever or pyrexia in humans is a body temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set point in the hypothalamus.
Fluorescein
Fluorescein is an organic compound and dye based on the xanthene tricyclic structural motif, formally belonging to triarylmethine dyes family.
Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test
The fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-ABS) test is a diagnostic test for syphilis.
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Fomite
A fomite or fomes is any inanimate object that, when contaminated with or exposed to infectious agents (such as pathogenic bacteria, viruses or fungi), can transfer disease to a new host.
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers.
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Fritz Schaudinn
Fritz Richard Schaudinn (19 September 1871 – 22 June 1906) was a German zoologist.
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Gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings.
General paresis of the insane
General paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane (GPI), paralytic dementia, or syphilitic paresis is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder, classified as an organic mental disorder, and is caused by late-stage syphilis and the chronic meningoencephalitis and cerebral atrophy that are associated with this late stage of the disease when left untreated. Syphilis and general paresis of the insane are sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Girolamo Fracastoro
Girolamo Fracastoro (Hieronymus Fracastorius; c. 1476/86 August 1553) was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy.
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Gram-negative bacteria
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that unlike gram-positive bacteria do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation.
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Guaiacum
Guaiacum (OED 2nd edition, 1989. in, retrieved 2013-04-30.), sometimes spelled Guajacum, is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family Zygophyllaceae.
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America.
Gumma (pathology)
A gumma (plural gummata or gummas) is a soft, non-cancerous growth resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis (and yaws). Syphilis and gumma (pathology) are sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert (12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist.
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Guy de Maupassant
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the naturalist school, depicting human lives, destinies and social forces in disillusioned and often pessimistic terms.
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Hair loss
Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body.
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
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Headache
Headache, also known as cephalalgia, is the symptom of pain in the face, head, or neck.
Hepatitis
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue.
Hepatosplenomegaly
Hepatosplenomegaly (commonly abbreviated HSM) is the simultaneous enlargement of both the liver (hepatomegaly) and the spleen (splenomegaly).
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Higouménakis' sign
Higouménakis' sign is a unilateral enlargement of the sternoclavicular portion of the right clavicle, seen in congenital syphilis.
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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and as the first lady of the United States to former president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001.
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Historically black colleges and universities
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving African Americans.
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History of syphilis
The first recorded outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in 1494/1495 in Naples, Italy, during a French invasion.
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HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Syphilis and HIV are sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Hoechst AG
Hoechst AG was a German chemicals, later life sciences, company that became Aventis Deutschland after its merger with France's Rhône-Poulenc S.A. in 1999.
Host (biology)
In biology and medicine, a host is a larger organism that harbours a smaller organism; whether a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist guest (symbiont).
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Human anus
In humans, the anus (anuses or ani; from Latin ānus, "ring", "circle") is the external opening of the rectum located inside the intergluteal cleft.
Human penis
In human anatomy, the penis (penises or penes; from the Latin pēnis, initially "tail") is an external male sex organ (intromittent organ) that serves as a passage for excretion of urine and ejaculation of semen.
Human sexual activity
Human sexual activity, human sexual practice or human sexual behaviour is the manner in which humans experience and express their sexuality.
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Human skin
The human skin is the outer covering of the body and is the largest organ of the integumentary system.
Hutchinson's teeth
Hutchinson's teeth is a sign of congenital syphilis.
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Illuminated manuscript
An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is decorated with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations.
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Infectious diseases (medical specialty)
Infectious diseases (ID), also known as infectiology, is a medical specialty dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of infections.
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Infectivity
In epidemiology, infectivity is the ability of a pathogen to establish an infection.
Informed consent
Informed consent is a principle in medical ethics, medical law and media studies, that a patient must have sufficient information and understanding before making decisions about their medical care.
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Inoculation
Inoculation is the act of implanting a pathogen or other microbe or virus into a person or other organism.
Interstitial keratitis
Interstitial keratitis (IK) is corneal scarring due to chronic inflammation of the corneal stroma.
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Intramuscular injection
Intramuscular injection, often abbreviated IM, is the injection of a substance into a muscle.
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Intravenous therapy
Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.
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Italian War of 1494–1495
The First Italian War, or Charles VIII's Italian War, was the opening phase of the Italian Wars.
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Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction
A Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction is a sudden and typically transient reaction that may occur within 24 hours of being administered antibiotics for an infection by a spirochete, including syphilis, leptospirosis, Lyme disease, and relapsing fever. Syphilis and Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction are spirochaetes.
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John Charles Cutler
John Charles Cutler (June 29, 1915 – February 8, 2003) was a senior surgeon, and the acting chief of the venereal disease program in the United States Public Health Service.
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John Keats
John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Juan José Arévalo
Juan José Arévalo Bermejo (10 September 1904 – 8 October 1990) was a Guatemalan statesman and professor of philosophy who became Guatemala's first democratically elected president in 1945.
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Kathleen Sebelius
Kathleen Sebelius (née Gilligan, born May 15, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 21st United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 until 2014.
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Kidney
In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation.
Kiss
A kiss is the touch or pressing of one's lips against another person or an object.
La Belle Dame sans Merci
"La Belle Dame sans Merci" ("The Beautiful Lady without Mercy") is a ballad produced by the English poet John Keats in 1819.
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Landsknecht
The Landsknechte (singular: Landsknecht), also rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the early modern period.
Latex
Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Leprosy
Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Syphilis and Leprosy are bacterial diseases and bacterium-related cutaneous conditions.
Lesion
A lesion is any damage or abnormal change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by injury or diseases.
Lipoprotein
A lipoprotein is a biochemical assembly whose primary function is to transport hydrophobic lipid (also known as fat) molecules in water, as in blood plasma or other extracellular fluids.
List of woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer
The following is a list of woodcuts by the German painter and engraver Albrecht Dürer.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Lymph node
A lymph node, or lymph gland, is a kidney-shaped organ of the lymphatic system and the adaptive immune system.
Lymphadenopathy
Lymphadenopathy or adenopathy is a disease of the lymph nodes, in which they are abnormal in size or consistency.
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Lymphocyte
A lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell (leukocyte) in the immune system of most vertebrates.
Lymphoma
Lymphoma is a group of blood and lymph tumors that develop from lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell).
Macon County, Alabama
Macon County is a county located in the east central part of the U.S. state of Alabama.
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Macrolide
Macrolides are a class of mostly natural products with a large macrocyclic lactone ring to which one or more deoxy sugars, usually cladinose and desosamine, may be attached.
Maculopapular rash
A maculopapular rash is a type of rash characterized by a flat, red area on the skin that is covered with small confluent bumps.
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Malaise
In medicine, malaise is a feeling of general discomfort, uneasiness or lack of wellbeing and often the first sign of an infection or other disease.
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates. Syphilis and Malaria are infectious diseases with eradication efforts.
Malignancy
Malignancy is the tendency of a medical condition to become progressively worse; the term is most familiar as a characterization of cancer.
Measles
Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable infectious disease caused by measles virus. Syphilis and measles are infectious diseases with eradication efforts.
Medical ethics
Medical ethics is an applied branch of ethics which analyzes the practice of clinical medicine and related scientific research.
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Men who have sex with men
Men who have sex with men (MSM) refers to all men who engage in sexual activity with other men, regardless of their sexual orientation or sexual identity.
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Meningitis
Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges.
Mental disorder
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.
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Mercenary
A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military.
Mercury (element)
Mercury is a chemical element; it has symbol Hg and atomic number 80.
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Mercury poisoning
Mercury poisoning is a type of metal poisoning due to exposure to mercury.
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Mercury(II) chloride
Mercury(II) chloride (or mercury bichloride, mercury dichloride), historically also known as sulema or corrosive sublimate, is the inorganic chemical compound of mercury and chlorine with the formula HgCl2, used as a laboratory reagent.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
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Microbiology
Microbiology is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular (single-celled), multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or acellular (lacking cells).
Micrograph
A micrograph or photomicrograph is a photograph or digital image taken through a microscope or similar device to show a magnified image of an object.
Miscarriage
Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion, is the death and expulsion of an embryo or fetus before it can survive independently.
Monogamy
Monogamy is a relationship of two individuals in which they form an exclusive intimate partnership.
Morus (plant)
Morus, a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of 19 species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions.
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Mucous membrane
A mucous membrane or mucosa is a membrane that lines various cavities in the body of an organism and covers the surface of internal organs.
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Mulberry molar
Mulberry molars (also known as Moon or Fournier molars) are a dental condition usually associated with congenital syphilis, characterized by multiple rounded rudimentary enamel cusps on the permanent first molars.
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Myalgia
Myalgia or muscle pain is a painful sensation evolving from muscle tissue.
Myelopathy
Myelopathy describes any neurologic deficit related to the spinal cord.
Naples
Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.
Natural history of disease
The natural history of disease is the course a disease takes in individual people from its pathological onset ("inception") until its resolution (either through complete recovery or eventual death).
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Natural reservoir
In infectious disease ecology and epidemiology, a natural reservoir, also known as a disease reservoir or a reservoir of infection, is the population of organisms or the specific environment in which an infectious pathogen naturally lives and reproduces, or upon which the pathogen primarily depends for its survival.
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Needle sharing
Needle sharing is the practice of intravenous drug-users by which a needle or syringe is shared by multiple individuals to administer intravenous drugs such as heroin, steroids, and hormones.
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Neurosyphilis
Neurosyphilis is the infection of the central nervous system in a patient with syphilis. Syphilis and Neurosyphilis are sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Nontreponemal tests for syphilis
A nontreponemal test (NTT) is a blood test for diagnosis of infection with syphilis. Syphilis and nontreponemal tests for syphilis are sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Nonvenereal endemic syphilis
Bejel, or endemic syphilis, is a chronic skin and tissue disease caused by infection by the endemicum subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Syphilis and Nonvenereal endemic syphilis are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions.
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Notifiable disease
A notifiable disease is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities.
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
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Optic neuritis
Optic neuritis describes any condition that causes inflammation of the optic nerve; it may be associated with demyelinating diseases, or infectious or inflammatory processes.
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Oral sex
Oral sex, sometimes referred to as oral intercourse, is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a person by another person using the mouth (including the lips, tongue, or teeth).
Organoarsenic chemistry
Organoarsenic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds containing a chemical bond between arsenic and carbon.
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Paleopathology
Paleopathology, also spelled palaeopathology, is the study of ancient diseases and injuries in organisms through the examination of fossils, mummified tissue, skeletal remains, and analysis of coprolites.
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Papule
A papule is a small, well-defined bump in the skin.
Partner notification
Partner notification is the practice of notifying the sexual partners of a person, known as the "index case", who has been newly diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection that they may have been exposed to the infection. Syphilis and partner notification are sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Pathogen
In biology, a pathogen (πάθος, "suffering", "passion" and -γενής, "producer of"), in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism or agent that can produce disease.
Pathogenesis
In pathology, pathogenesis is the process by which a disease or disorder develops.
Paul Ehrlich
Paul Ehrlich (14 March 1854 – 20 August 1915) was a Nobel Prize-winning German physician and scientist who worked in the fields of hematology, immunology and antimicrobial chemotherapy.
Penicillin
Penicillins (P, PCN or PEN) are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from Penicillium moulds, principally P. chrysogenum and P. rubens.
Perinatal mortality
Perinatal mortality (PNM) is the death of a fetus or neonate and is the basis to calculate the perinatal mortality rate.
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Periostitis
Periostitis, also known as periostalgia, is a medical condition caused by inflammation of the periosteum, a layer of connective tissue that surrounds bone.
Peter Buxtun
Peter Buxtun (sometimes referred to as Peter Buxton; September 29, 1937 – May 18, 2024) was an American epidemiologist.
Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology.
Pinta (disease)
Pinta (also known as azul, carate, empeines, lota, mal del pinto, and tina) is a human skin disease caused by infection with the spirochete Treponema carateum, which is morphologically and serologically indistinguishable from the bacterium that causes syphilis and bejel. Syphilis and pinta (disease) are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions.
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Pneumonitis
Pneumonitis describes general inflammation of lung tissue.
Point-of-care testing
Point-of-care testing (POCT), also called near-patient testing or bedside testing, is defined as medical diagnostic testing at or near the point of care—that is, at the time and place of patient care.
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Polymerase chain reaction
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method widely used to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly, allowing scientists to amplify a very small sample of DNA (or a part of it) sufficiently to enable detailed study.
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Polyurethane
Polyurethane (often abbreviated PUR and PU) refers to a class of polymers composed of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links.
Pregnancy
Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops (gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb).
Prenatal care
Prenatal care, also known as antenatal care, is a type of preventive healthcare.
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Presentation (medical)
In medicine, a presentation is the appearance in a patient of illness or disease—or signs or symptoms thereof—before a medical professional.
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Prevalence
In epidemiology, prevalence is the proportion of a particular population found to be affected by a medical condition (typically a disease or a risk factor such as smoking or seatbelt use) at a specific time.
Promiscuity
Promiscuity is the practice of engaging in sexual activity frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners.
Prostitution
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment.
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
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Pupillary reflex
Pupillary reflex refers to one of the reflexes associated with pupillary function.
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Rapid plasma reagin
The rapid plasma reagin test (RPR test or RPR titer) is a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient that may indicate an infection by syphilis or related non-venereal treponematoses.
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Rash
A rash is a change of the skin that affects its color, appearance, or texture.
Recreational drug use
Recreational drug use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness, either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime.
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Rectum
The rectum (rectums or recta) is the final straight portion of the large intestine in humans and some other mammals, and the gut in others.
Rembrandt
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.
Rifampicin
Rifampicin, also known as rifampin, is an ansamycin antibiotic used to treat several types of bacterial infections, including tuberculosis (TB), ''Mycobacterium avium'' complex, leprosy, and Legionnaires' disease.
Romberg's test
Romberg's test, Romberg's sign, or the Romberg maneuver is a test used in an exam of neurological function for balance.
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Saber shin
Saber shin is a malformation of the tibia. Syphilis and Saber shin are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions.
Saddle nose
Saddle nose is a condition associated with nasal trauma, congenital syphilis, relapsing polychondritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, cocaine abuse, and leprosy, among other conditions. Syphilis and Saddle nose are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions.
Sahachiro Hata
was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who researched the bubonic plague under Kitasato Shibasaburō and assisted in developing the Arsphenamine drug in 1909 in the laboratory of Paul Ehrlich.
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Serology
Serology is the scientific study of serum and other body fluids.
Serous fluid
In physiology, serous fluid or serosal fluid (originating from the Medieval Latin word serosus, from Latin serum) is any of various body fluids resembling serum, that are typically pale yellow or transparent and of a benign nature.
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse (also coitus or copulation) is a sexual activity involving the insertion and thrusting of the male penis inside the female vagina for sexual pleasure, reproduction, or both.
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Sexually transmitted infection
A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, or sometimes manual sex. Syphilis and sexually transmitted infection are sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Sharecropping is a legal arrangement in which a landowner allows a tenant (sharecropper) to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.
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Side effects of penicillin
The side effects of penicillin are bodily responses to penicillin and closely related antibiotics that do not relate directly to its effect on bacteria.
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Skin condition
A skin condition, also known as cutaneous condition, is any medical condition that affects the integumentary system—the organ system that encloses the body and includes skin, nails, and related muscle and glands.
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Sore throat
Sore throat, also known as throat pain, is pain or irritation of the throat.
Spirochaete
A spirochaete or spirochete is a member of the phylum Spirochaetota (also called Spirochaetes), which contains distinctive diderm (double-membrane) Gram-negative bacteria, most of which have long, helically coiled (corkscrew-shaped or spiraled, hence the name) cells. Syphilis and spirochaete are spirochaetes.
Stillbirth
Stillbirth is typically defined as fetal death at or after 20 or 28 weeks of pregnancy, depending on the source.
Stradanus
Stradanus, Johannes Stradanus, Jan van der Straet or Giovanni Stradano at the Netherlands Institute for Art History, edited and published by Ph.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.
Syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Syphilis and Syphilis are bacterial diseases, bacterium-related cutaneous conditions, infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission, infectious diseases with eradication efforts, sexually transmitted diseases and infections and spirochaetes.
Syphilitic aortitis
Syphilitic aortitis is inflammation of the aorta associated with the tertiary stage of syphilis infection. Syphilis and Syphilitic aortitis are bacterial diseases and sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Tabes dorsalis
Tabes dorsalis is a late consequence of neurosyphilis, characterized by the slow degeneration (specifically, demyelination) of the neural tracts primarily in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord (nerve root).
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Tachycardia
Tachycardia, also called tachyarrhythmia, is a heart rate that exceeds the normal resting rate.
Tetracycline
Tetracycline, sold under various brand names, is an oral antibiotic in the tetracyclines family of medications, used to treat a number of infections, including acne, cholera, brucellosis, plague, malaria, and syphilis.
The Great Imitator
The Great Imitator (also the Great Masquerader) is a phrase used for medical conditions that feature nonspecific symptoms and may be confused with a number of other diseases.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
Treponema
Treponema is a genus of spiral-shaped bacteria. Syphilis and Treponema are spirochaetes.
Treponema carateum
Treponema carateum is a species of spirochete bacteria in the genus Treponema.
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Treponema pallidum
Treponema pallidum, formerly known as Spirochaeta pallida, is a microaerophilic spirochaete bacterium with subspecies that cause the diseases syphilis, bejel (also known as endemic syphilis), and yaws.
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Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay
The Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay (also called TPPA test) is an indirect agglutination assay used for detection and titration of antibodies against the causative agent of syphilis, Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Syphilis and Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay are sexually transmitted diseases and infections.
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Treponematosis
Treponematosis is a term used to individually describe any of the diseases caused by four members of the bacterial genus Treponema. Syphilis and Treponematosis are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions.
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Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU; formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute) is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama.
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Ulcer
An ulcer is a discontinuity or break in a bodily membrane that impedes normal function of the affected organ.
Ulcer (dermatology)
An ulcer is a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services.
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United States Preventive Services Task Force
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is "an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services".
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United States Public Health Service
The United States Public Health Service (USPHS or PHS) is a collection of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services concerned with public health, containing nine out of the department's twelve operating divisions.
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Uveitis
Uveitis is inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layer of the eye between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea.
Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious or malignant disease.
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test
The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test (VDRL) is a blood test for syphilis and related non-venereal treponematoses that was developed by the eponymous US laboratory.
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Vertical transmission
Vertical transmission of symbionts is the transfer of a microbial symbiont from the parent directly to the offspring.
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Virulence
Virulence is a pathogen's or microorganism's ability to cause damage to a host.
Weight loss
Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health, or physical fitness, refers to a reduction of the total body mass, by a mean loss of fluid, body fat (adipose tissue), or lean mass (namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon, and other connective tissue).
Whistleblowing
Whistleblowing (also whistle-blowing or whistle blowing) is the activity of a person, often an employee, revealing information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent.
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White blood cell
White blood cells (scientific name leukocytes), also called immune cells or immunocytes, are cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.
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William Osler
Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
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Yaws
Yaws is a tropical infection of the skin, bones, and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum pertenue. Syphilis and Yaws are bacterium-related cutaneous conditions and infectious diseases with eradication efforts.
See also
Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission
- Chancroid
- Chlamydia research
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Congenital syphilis
- Gardnerella vaginalis
- Genital wart
- Gonorrhea
- Granuloma inguinale
- Klebsiella granulomatis
- Late congenital syphilitic oculopathy
- List of sexually transmitted infections by prevalence
- List of syphilis cases
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
- Mycoplasma hominis
- Mycoplasma hominis infection
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Prevotella
- Prevotella bivia
- Syphilis
- Trichomoniasis
- Tubo-ovarian abscess
- Ureaplasma urealyticum
Infectious diseases with eradication efforts
- 2019–2021 polio outbreak in the Philippines
- Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Dracunculiasis
- Epidemiology of syphilis
- Eradication of dracunculiasis
- Eradication of lymphatic filariasis
- Feed ban
- Foot-and-mouth disease
- Hookworm infection
- Lymphatic filariasis
- Malaria
- Measles
- Onchocerciasis
- Ovine rinderpest
- Polio
- Polio eradication
- Prevalence of rabies
- Rubella
- Syphilis
- Trachoma
- Trypanosoma evansi
- Yaws
Spirochaetes
- Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
- Borrelia
- Borreliaceae
- Brachyspira
- Brachyspira aalborgi
- Brachyspira hyodysenteriae
- Brachyspira innocens
- Brachyspira pilosicoli
- Brachyspiraceae
- Brevinema andersonii
- Clevelandina reticulitermitidis
- Cristispira
- Diplocalyx
- Erythema migrans
- Hollandina pterotermitidis
- Jarisch–Herxheimer reaction
- Leptonema illini
- Leptospira
- Leptospiraceae
- Leptospirosis
- Pillotina calotermitidis
- Serpulina alvinipulli
- Southern tick-associated rash illness
- Spirochaeta
- Spirochaeta americana
- Spirochaeta thermophila
- Spirochaetaceae
- Spirochaetales
- Spirochaete
- Syphilis
- Treponema
- Treponema denticola
- Treponemataceae
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis
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