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Stamping out syphilis

Number 14815
Subject Health Care
Source Science News
State None
Year 1998
Publication Date Sept. 26, 1998
Summary Science News reports federal health officials have targeted an age-old enemy: Treponema pallidum, the spiral bacterium that causes syphilis. Although U.S. health officials have declared war on syphilis before, this time the battle may be winnable.
Category General
Pages None
Keywords Sexually transmitted diseases AIDS HIV Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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