ArticleSexually transmitted infections2007
The characterisation of a recent syphilis outbreak in Sheffield, UK, and an evaluation of contact tracing as a method of control.
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- Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with maternal and congenital syphilis - A prospective study in Peru.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2024Article
- Inconclusive Syphilis Results: A Retrospective Review of Public Health Results.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2020Article
- Partner notification for sexually transmitted infections in the modern world: a practitioner perspective on challenges and opportunities.Sexually transmitted infections · 2011Article
- Improving partner services by embedding disease intervention specialists in HIV-clinics.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2010Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the factors around and the success of contact-tracing in a recent major outbreak of infectious syphilis in Sheffield, and to evaluate the effectiveness of it, our hitherto standard strategy of control.
methodRetrospective chart review
resultsOver a period of 18 months, an outbreak of 21 cases was, on closer inspection, the result of several, discrete "micro" outbreaks in different groups. Two major patterns emerged, a relatively straightforward and more accessible cluster in heterosexual persons (a "spread" network), and more sporadic, "starburst" networks in men who have sex with men.
conclusionOur traditional method of control, contact-tracing, was seen to be most effective in the spread network in heterosexuals. In the face of an apparent outbreak, clinicians should explore the nature and parameters of their local epidemic and engage a mixture of control methods. These may include, but not excusively so, contact-tracing to interrupt transmission by case-finding and by treatment.
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