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sifilide

Also known as syphilitic chancre, great pox

malattia

OverviewAI-generated

Syphilis is a subject with a Commons category of the same name. The disease has a minimal incubation period in humans of 9 and a maximal incubation period of 90. Its disease burden is recorded as 7038641.

In academic literature, PubMed lists a count of 43797 for the query syphilis. Additionally, the subject is referenced by 2,359 other encyclopedia articles.

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Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Syphilis
Medical condition (new).image: Treponema pallidum Bacteria (Syphilis) (cropped).jpg
Medical condition (new).caption: Colorized electron micrograph of Treponema pallidum bacteria, 2022
Medical condition (new).field: Infectious disease
Medical condition (new).symptoms: Firm, painless, non-itchy skin ulcer
Medical condition (new).causes: Treponema pallidum, usually spread by sexual intercourse
Medical condition (new).diagnosis: Blood tests, dark field microscopy of infected fluid
Medical condition (new).differential: Many other diseases
Medical condition (new).prevention: Condoms, Long-term monogamous relationships
Medical condition (new).treatment: Antibiotics
Medical condition (new).frequency: 45.4 million / 0.6% (2015, global)
Medical condition (new).deaths: 107,000 (2015, global)

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Research

43,797 papers

Syphilis: A Review.ReviewJAMA · 2025Chevalier FJ, Bacon O, Johnson KA et al.DOI: 10.1001/jama.2025.17362
Syphilis in Pregnancy and Congenital Syphilis.ReviewRhode Island medical journal (2013) · 2024d'Hemecourt K, Santos E, Guerina N et al.
Syphilis in pregnancy: an ongoing public health threat.ReviewAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2022Eppes CS, Stafford I, Rac MDOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.07.041
Ocular syphilis.Clinical & experimental optometry · 2021Tsan GL, Claiborne RTDOI: 10.1080/08164622.2021.1906848
Syphilis.ReviewSeminars in perinatology · 1998Hollier LM, Cox SMDOI: 10.1016/s0146-0005(98)80021-9
[Syphilis].ReviewPresse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) · 2013Dupin N, Farhi DDOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2012.09.024
Syphilis in Children.ReviewInfectious disease clinics of North America · 2018Heston S, Arnold SDOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2017.11.007
The resurgence of syphilis in Australia.ReviewAustralian journal of general practice · 2024Phua G, White CDOI: 10.31128/AJGP-08-23-6943

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: sexually transmitted infection
Subclass of: disease
Image: Treponema pallidum.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Syphilis
minimal incubation period in humans: 9
maximal incubation period in humans: 90
Commons category: Syphilis
health specialty: dermatology
has cause: Treponema pallidum
disease burden: 7038641
exact match: identifiers.org/doid/DOID:4166
medical examination: polymerase chain reaction
different from: Pau
drug or therapy used for treatment: doxycycline
disease transmission process: sexually transmitted infection
P8168: Kamochi Shrine
facet of: women's health

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Article · Italiano

La sifilide, conosciuta anche come lue o morbo gallico, è una malattia infettiva a prevalente trasmissione sessuale. È causata da un batterio, il Treponema pallidum, dell'ordine delle spirochete, che si presenta al microscopio come un piccolo filamento a forma di spirale, identificato nel 1905 da Fritz Schaudinn ed Erich Hoffmann. Oltre che per via sessuale, il contagio può estendersi al feto, nella donna gravida con infezione recente, attraverso la placenta (trasmissione transplacentare). In tal caso, il feto presenta un quadro di sifilide congenita con malformazioni che possono interessare la cute e le mucose, l'apparato scheletrico, l'occhio, il fegato, il rene e il sistema nervoso centrale. Pertanto, questa malattia può essere contratta nella forma congenita in due modi: prima ancora della nascita, attraverso il sangue materno infetto; oppure alla nascita, durante la discesa nel canale del parto.Comunque, nella maggior parte dei casi, il contagio (possibile fin dalle primissime fasi della malattia) avviene attraverso i rapporti sessuali. I casi di acquisizione della malattia con le trasfusioni sono ormai rarissimi nel mondo, grazie ai controlli accurati che vengono effettuati prima che il sangue sia trasfuso. Ad August von Wassermann va il merito di aver scoperto il primo metodo biologico per compiere una diagnosi precisa della malattia.

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