title: Screening for syphilis in adolescents: how useful is it?
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Macnow
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: R Stanley
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hum
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, New York, NY, USA Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA ks23@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soren
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009519:New York City; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult