Scaling up syphilis testing in China: implementation beyond the clinic

• Main Authors: Joseph D Tucker (Author), Sarah J Hawkes (Author), Yue-Pin Yin (Author), Rosanna W Peeling (Author), Myron S Cohen (Author), Xiang-Sheng Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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China is experiencing a syphilis epidemic of enormous proportions. The regions most heavily affected by syphilis correspond to regions where sexually transmitted HIV infection is also a major public health threat. Many high-risk patients in China fail to receive routine syphilis screening. This miss...