Acquired syphilis in children: A widely neglected public health issue.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Long, Fu‐Quan
- Source
- Pediatric Dermatology. Mar2020, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p316-316. 1p.
- Subject
- *SYPHILIS
*CHILD abuse
*SEXUALLY transmitted diseases
*PUBLIC health
*CHILD sexual abuse
- Language
- ISSN
- 0736-8046
I read with great interest the article "Acquired syphilis in children: A retrospective study over two-and-a-half decades in a tertiary care center in northern India" by Surabhi Dayal I et al i in this month's journal. We know that children can become infected with syphilis not only through vertical transmission during pregnancy or delivery (congenital syphilis), but also in ways similar to adults (acquired syphilis). However, preventing syphilis infection in children is long-term and challenging work, due to the high incidence of syphilis infection in adults. [Extracted from the article]