title: Seroreactivity to syphilis in Malaysian blood donors and expectant mothers.
abstract: Seroreactivity to syphilis is high among Malaysian blood donors and expectant mothers indicating a high degree of treponemal infection. Further epidemiological studies are required to ascertain what proportion of these could be syphilis and what porportion yaws. Blood donors hava a higher reactivity rate than expectant mothers, the reasons probably being soical. The titres obtained in the VDRL test appear to have a relation to FTA-ABS reactivity although this is not to say treponematosis can be excluded on the basis of low titre VDRL results.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001782:Blood Donors; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis