An outbreak of syphilis on an Indian reservation: descriptive epidemiology and disease-control measures.
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 79 (1), 83-85
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.79.1.83
Abstract
From January 1983 through January 1985, 88 cases of early adult syphilis and five cases of congenital syphilis were identified among residents of a southwestern Indian reservation. The male-to-female ratio of primary and secondary syphilis cases was 1.7: 1; over 90 per cent of women were of childbearing age. Using community health workers to determine the social circles of infected persons was effective in identifying persons at risk; treatment of partners of infected persons prior to development of seroreactivity contributed to the successful control of this outbreak.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Questionnaire Survey of Reported Early Congenital SyphilisSexually Transmitted Diseases, 1977
- Factors affecting maternal mortality and morbidity among American Indians.1977