Recent Trends of Syphilis Prevalence in Normal Population in Korea-1990
Annals of Dermatology
;
: 21-25, 1992.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-114344
ABSTRACT
From January to December of 1990, we have evaluated VDRL reactivity among 17,142 apparently normal Korean adults which consisted of 9,151 blood donors in Seoul area, 2,682 pregnant woman delivered at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University and 5,309 physical examinees. The VDRL-positive rates were 0.3% in the blood donors, 0.1% in the pregnant women and 0.8% in the physical examinees but the rates were higher in the age group of 50 years or older. The VDRL titers were below 12 in 94% of the VDRL-positive pregnant women and physical examinees. From the comparison of the results obtained by the present author group since 1977, i.e., 2.5 % in 1977, 1.1 % in 1981, 0.6 % in 1986 and 0.4 % in 1990, it is evident that the prevalence of syphilis in Korea is continually decreasing.
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Main subject:
Blood Donors
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Syphilis
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Prevalence
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Pregnant Women
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Seoul
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Korea
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Dermatology
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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