Needle in a Haystack: The Yield of Syphilis Outreach Screening at 5 US Sites—2000 to 2007

摘要

Background:Screening for syphilis has been performed for decades, but it is unclear if the practice yields many cases at acceptable cost, and if so, at which venues. We attempted a retrospective study to determine the costs, yield, and feasibility of analyzing health department-funded syphilis outreach screening in 5 diverse US sites with significant disease burdens.