title: Now and in retrospect: Louisiana lues.
abstract: This article gives a brief descriptive synopsis of the disease syphilis and presents in narrative and graphic form current statistics and those of the recent past of the incidence of syphilis cases in Louisiana. The latest recommendations for treatment of all stages of syphilis from the U.S. Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are included.
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trachtman
authors.forename: Rafael A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Jarpa
authors.forename: Roma H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Oliveri
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000628:therapy; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy