Analysis of a shin bone found in a rock cave in Colombia suggests the sexually transmitted disease is much older than ...

The first known outbreak of syphilis in Europe began at the turn of the 16th century, but on the distant continent of South ...

We often tell ourselves a comforting story about the history of disease: it’s the price of civilization. For most of human ...

Syphilis has long played a role in human history: some think that notable figures like Dracula author Bram Stoker and Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin had the disease. And scientists know that the ...

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was ...

Researchers recovered ancient DNA from a 5,500-year-old skeleton in Colombia and reconstructed a genome related to Treponema pallidum. The lineage predates known syphilis strains by ~3,000 years, ...

Learn how ancient DNA from human remains revealed that syphilis circulated in the Americas thousands of years earlier than ...

A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.

If used at the population level, it could contribute to antimicrobial resistance, so using clinical judgement is critical ...

While other sexually transmitted infections like chlamydia and gonorrhea also saw increased rates during the same time frame, the CDC called the sharp increase in syphilis infections “alarming.” ...

Rates of syphilis infection, once hampered by the discovery of penicillin, have been rising in recent years. Researchers recently linked the increase in modern syphilis cases to a pandemic, antibiotic ...

The USPSTF concludes with high certainty that screening asymptomatic pregnant persons for syphilis infection has a substantial net benefit. (HealthDay News) — The US Preventive Services Task Force ...