Abstract

(Abstracted from JAMA 2018;320(9):918–925) Congenital syphilis is an infectious disease caused by the vertical transmission of Treponema pallidum; thus, prevention and detection of congenital syphilis depend on the identification of syphilis in pregnant women. Two screening protocols are commonly used: the traditional screening algorithm (ie, nontreponemal testing with reflex to treponemal testing) and the reverse sequence screening algorithm (ie, treponemal testing with reflex to nontreponemal testing).

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