NOWDiagnostics, Inc. (NOWDx), a leader in developing over-the-counter (OTC) and point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests, proudly ...

The infection is curable, especially with early diagnosis ... If you are at higher risk for syphilis, getting regular testing—even when you aren't showing any symptoms—can help identify ...

For decades, syphilis testing meant first screening a patient with a nontreponemal test, such as the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test, which identifies recent or untreated syphilis but can yield ...

Participants Serum samples obtained from clients attending the antiretroviral therapy and voluntary counselling and testing centres were used. Sera were originally collected for the purpose of ...

The automated RPR test could be used to monitor treatment response, especially in the reverse screening algorithm in syphilis testing. Automated rapid plasma reagin (RPR) testing has been introduced ...

What it’s looking like is a stabilization” and, hopefully, a decline will follow, state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy ...

“Together with local health care providers, we want people to know there are simple tests to diagnose syphilis and treatments available to cure syphilis across the lifespan.” ...

Congenital syphilis is an eminently preventable disease. In order to reduce the likelihood of its occurrence, a repeat test towards the end of gestation or at the time of delivery should be done for ...

Syphilis is increasing in men who have sex ... Strategies have been successful in locating, testing and treating anonymous partners as well as alerting men to the epidemic via internet-based ...

From September, women can take a syphilis test at the Tokyo Metropolitan Testing and Counseling Office in Shinjuku Ward on one designated national holiday each month. The office currently offers ...