title: An outbreak of syphilis on an Indian reservation: descriptive epidemiology and disease-control measures.
abstract: From January 1983 through January 1985, 88 cases of early adult syphilis and five cases of congenital syphilis were identified among residents of a southwestern Indian reservation. The male-to-female ratio of primary and secondary syphilis cases was 1.7: 1; over 90 per cent of women were of childbearing age. Using community health workers to determine the social circles of infected persons was effective in identifying persons at risk; treatment of partners of infected persons prior to development of seroreactivity contributed to the successful control of this outbreak.
authors.affiliation: Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Dunleavy
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Novick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001130:Arizona; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control