title: Increased incidence of syphilis in Tennessee during the 1980s: challenges for a new decade.
abstract: Although recent increases in the incidence of syphilis are well known to public health officials, the general medical community is less well informed regarding the dramatic rise in cases. We present trend data from Nashville and Tennessee over the past decade. These statistics emphasize specific factors, such as drug abuse, that contribute to new difficulties in controlling this sexually transmitted disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn 37232-2637.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Federspiel
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Lefkowitz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D016358:Contact Tracing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012723:Sex; D011477:Sex Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012747:Sexual Partners; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013592:Syphilis, Latent / Q000453:epidemiology; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D016578:Crack Cocaine