Researchers found that such bacteria could grow for more than three years and retain their structure and ability to move, multiply, and cause infection—meaning that experiments using these bacteria ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control, the earliest warning signs of the primary stage of syphilis appear as sores at ...

Once acquired, syphilis can pass through 4 distinct stages of disease: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, latent syphilis, and tertiary syphilis, with each stage being characterized by ...

Unlike other STDs, syphilis symptoms usually develop in about three weeks, though it can range from 10-90 days. The disease then follows a progression of stages lasting from weeks to years.

The stage of infection can also complicate ... Recognizing and Treating Syphilis in Pregnancy. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999. [formerly published in Medscape Women's Health eJournal 3(1), 1998].

However, these symptoms can clear within three to six weeks ... syphilis has the potential to return as tertiary syphilis. In this stage, it can damage a person’s organs, including the heart ...

Early syphilis-infection of less than one year-is the most infectious stage of the disease and thus ... the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Seventy-three percent (113 cases) were among whites ...