On Thursday, the agency reported results : a 51.8 percent drop in cases of congenital syphilis, from 1, 077 cases in 1997 ( before the campaign began ) to 529 last year.
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Of the original 399 men, 28 had died of syphilis, 100 were dead of related complications, 40 of their wives had been infected, and 19 of their children were born with congenital syphilis.
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He published, 44 articles with 24 were directly related to this aspect of pediatrics helping in diagnosis and treatment including early intestinal obstruction, congenital lung cysts, congenital syphilis, congenital goiter, and diaphragmatic hernia.
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On Thursday, the agency reported results : a 51 . 8 percent drop in cases of congenital syphilis, from 1, 077 cases in 1997 ( before the campaign began ) to 529 last year.
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In Freddie's case, with all the available records on him assembled, the group learned that he had been born addicted to drugs and with congenital syphilis to a mother who was a cocaine addict.
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Kassowitz s law is an empirical observation used in context of congenital syphilis stating that the greater the duration between the infection of the mother and conception, the better is the outcome for the infant.
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"Special anxiety is caused by a 40-fold rise in syphilis cases among children and teen-agers and a 30-fold in congenital syphilis, " said Nikolai Briko of the Moscow Medical Academy in a statement released by the WHO.
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The rate of congenital syphilis among African-Americans in 2000 was 49.3 per 100, 000 births, more than 32 times the 1.5 per 100, 000 rate among whites and more than twice the 22.6 per 100, 000 rate among Hispanics.
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His " Traite de la syphilis des nouveau-nes et des enfants a la mamelle " ( A Treatise on Syphilis in New-Born Children and Infants at the Breast ) was considered a landmark work on congenital syphilis, and has been translated into English.
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The rate of congenital syphilis among African-Americans in 2000 was 49 . 3 per 100, 000 births, more than 32 times the 1 . 5 per 100, 000 rate among whites and more than twice the 22 . 6 per 100, 000 rate among Hispanics.
