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Twenty-Two Years of Serologic Observation in a Selected Syphilis Study Group

SIDNEY OLANSKY, M.D.; AD HARRIS; JOHN C. CUTLER, M.D.; ELEANOR V. PRICE

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;73(5):516-522.

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Since 1932 there has been carried on a study of the outcome of untreated syphilis in the male Negro.^* Although the primary objective of this study is the determination of the clinical outcome, this group of patients also furnishes valuable data on the serologic pattern of untreated syphilis.

No serologic data are available for the period from the initial examination in 1932-1933 to the first follow-up examination in 1938-1939. Since 1939, however, annual serologic examinations have been attempted. The last examination, completed in December, 1954, extended the observation period to 22 years. The initial serologic examination in 1932-1933 was based on the Kolmer complement fixation and Kahn standard flocculation tests for syphilis, performed at the National Institute of Health. For the 1938-1939 and subsequent surveys serologic testing has been done by the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (formerly at Staten Island, N. Y., and now located at . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Durham, N. C.; Chamblee, Ga

From the Venereal Disease Program, Division of Special Health Services, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington 25, D. C.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Nov. 9, 1955.

This article is one of a series on untreated syphilis in the male Negro which the Venereal Disease Program, Division of Special Health Services, plans to assemble into a monograph. Single copies of the monograph will be made available upon request to the Venereal Disease Program, Division of Special Health Services, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington 25, D. C.

Formerly, Director, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory, now at Duke University, Department of Medicine (Dr. Olansky); Director, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (Mr. Harris); Medical Director, Assistant to the Associate Chief for Program, Bureau of State Services (Dr. Cutler); Statistician, Venereal Disease Program, Division of Special Health Services (Miss Price).

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