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JAMA. 2001;286:529-530.

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MMWR. 2001;50:573-577

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In 1998, CDC initiated intensive efforts to eliminate syphilis from the United States. The following year, the National Syphilis Elimination Plan was launched with the goal of reducing primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis in adults to <0.4 cases per 100,000 population. A decrease in syphilis among women of reproductive age usually is followed by reductions in congenital syphilis (CS) rates. CS occurs when the spirochete Treponema pallidum is transmitted from a pregnant woman with syphilis to her fetus. Untreated syphilis during pregnancy may lead to stillbirth, neonatal death, and infant disorders such as deafness, neurologic impairment, and bone deformities. One of the national health objectives for 2000 was to reduce the rate of CS to <40 cases per 100,000 live-born infants.¹ To evaluate progress toward this goal, the CS rate for 2000 was compared with the rate for 1997, the year before syphilis elimination efforts . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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