Syphilis in Pregnancy in Tanzania. II. The Effectiveness of Antenatal Syphilis Screening and Single‐Dose Benzathine Penicillin Treatment for the Prevention of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Watson‐Jones, Deborah; Gumodoka, Balthazar; A. Weiss, Helen; Changalucha, John; Todd, Jim; Mugeye, Kokungoza; Buvé, Anne; Kanga, Zephrine; Ndeki, Leonard; Rusizoka, Mary; Ross, David; Marealle, Janeth; Balira, Rebecca; Mabey, David; Hayes, Richard

doi:10.1086/342951

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Syphilis in Pregnancy in Tanzania. II. The Effectiveness of Antenatal Syphilis Screening and Single‐Dose Benzathine Penicillin Treatment for the Prevention of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Sep 25, 2002

Authors:

Deborah Watson‐Jones

Balthazar Gumodoka

Helen A. Weiss

Abstract

Treatment for maternal syphilis with single-dose benzathine penicillin (2.4 million units intramuscularly) is being implemented in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. To examine the effectiveness of this regimen, a prospective cohort of 1688 pregnant women was recruited in Tanzania. Birth outcomes wer...

Subject

Medicine

Rapid plasma reagin

Syphilis

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