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British Columbia’s Experience after Implementation of the Treponema pallidum Reverse Algorithm and PCR Detection, 2015 to 2020
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In this study, we summarize the performance characteristics of the algorithm, together with PCR direct detection and epidemiological analysis, and report on syphilis cases identified from 2015 to 2020. This allowed us to paint a complete picture of the outcome of the utilization of the reverse algorithm for diagnosing syphilis cases.
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- Authors
- Morshed, M., Lee, M.-K., Laley, J., Cook, D., Mak, A., Chahil, N., Ryan, V., Montgomery, C., Makaroff, S., Malleson, S., Arnold, B., Grennan, T., Wong, J., & Krajden, M.
- Affiliations
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- BC Centre for Disease Control (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Morshed, Muhammad
- Venue
- Microbiology Spectrum
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 2022-06-29
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- e0068622-e0068622
- ISSN
- 2165-0497 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9241594
- OpenAlex
- W4281685115
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 1.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Microbiology Spectrum (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Microbiology (medical) › Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Keywords
- Treponema pallidum, syphilis, reverse algorithm, PCR detection, latent syphilis, false positive rate, azithromycin resistance, syphilis epidemiology, British Columbia
- MeSH terms
- Algorithms, British Columbia, Humans, Male, Syphilis, Treponema pallidum, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Azithromycin
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