RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF SYPHILIS
Authors: E GARSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 October 1959RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF SYPHILISWARFIELD GARSON, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.M.WARFIELD GARSON, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.M.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-4-748 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFrom 1947 to 1955, one of the most unusual and precipitous declines in the reported morbidity of a chronic, social, communicable disease ever observed in the history of our country was recorded. This disease was syphilis. As can be noted in table 1, there was roughly a 68% decline in reported cases of syphilis during these years. The rates for this disease declined over 71%, while cases of infectious syphilis declined approximately 94% during the same time. Observe further that since 1955 there appears to be a leveling off or plateau of reported cases. 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