Syphillis in Ireland, 2012

Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)

dc.contributor.author	Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-27T17:25:54Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-27T17:25:54Z
dc.date.issued	2013-10-17
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10147/640965
dc.description	Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by the bacterium, Treponema pallidum. Despite availability of sensitive diagnostic tests and effective treatment, it remains a serious health problem. Syphilis has two routes of transmission; sexual transmission, which accounts for the vast majority of cases, and vertical transmission from mother to fetus in utero. Without treatment, infection will progress. Clinical symptoms may appear after an incubation period of 10 to 90 days (three weeks on average), at first a primary lesion at the site of infection (chancre), then a series of eruptions on mucous membranes and skin (secondary syphilis), followed by long periods of latency (latent or tertiary syphilis). The earlier an infection is diagnosed and treated, the greater the chance of preventing onward transmission. Early syphilis relates to the following clinical stages; primary, secondary and early latent. It should be noted that many people with early infectious syphilis may be asymptomatic. Individuals with late latent syphilis or tertiary syphilis are not sexually infectious.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Health Service Executive	en_US
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH	en_US
dc.subject	SYPHILIS	en_US
dc.subject	SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS	en_US
dc.title	Syphillis in Ireland, 2012	en_US
dc.type	Report	en_US
dc.contributor.affiliation	Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC)	en
refterms.dateFOA	2024-02-27T17:25:55Z