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TEST. Something by which to ascertain the truth respecting another thing. 7 Penn. St. Rep. 428; 6 Whart. 284. Vide Religious Test.

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In univariate analysis, age (PR 0.93; 95% CI, 0.88-0.97; p < 0.001) and previous syphilis test (PR 1.85; 95% CI, 1.41-2.44; p < 0.001) were associated with HIV testing.

HIV testing and HIV knowledge among men who have sex with men in Natal, Northeast Brazil

[30] World Health Organisation/TDR, The Use of Rapid Syphilis Test, World Health Organisation/TDR, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006.

Syphilis among Female Sex Workers: Results of Point-of-Care Screening during a Cross-Sectional Behavioral Survey in Burkina Faso, West Africa

For this reason, it is important to record syphilis test results in perinatal clinical records.

Health-worker barriers to syphilis screening in pregnant women in Bolivia's Los Andes Network/Barreras del personal de salud Para el tamizale de sifilis en mujeres Andes Bolivia

Connolly, "Evaluation of rapid syphilis tests in KwaZulu-Natal," Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, vol.

Poor reporting of outcomes beyond accuracy in point-of-care tests for syphilis: a call for a framework

The kits are labeled as: Rapid HIV Test Kit, Rapid Syphilis Test Kit, One Step Cassette Style Cocaine Test, One Step Cassette Style Marijuana (THC) Test, One Step Cassette Style Amphetamine Test.

FDA warns about imported test kits

19 also featured a large photo involving sex, but in a more yucky kind of way: It depicted a young man getting a syphilis test.

No red faces over sexy 'Red Streak'

Initial screening includes a complete blood count (CBC), liver and kidney screening panels, laboratory tests for specific autoantibodies (e.g., antinuclear antibodies [ANA]), a syphilis test (VDRL), urinalysis, blood chemistries, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR).

Lupus Erythematosus

It's unclear whether the syphilis test actually detects Treponema pallidum, the syphilis-causing bacterium, during its infectious stage, says McCullough.

Debugging blood: protecting people from tainted blood

Among the 47 pregnant women who did access timely prenatal care, four (8.5%) did not receive an initial syphilis test until <45 days before delivery, and 22 (46.8%) acquired syphilis after an initial nonreactive syphilis test.

Factors Contributing to Congenital Syphilis Cases--New York City, 2010-2016

After signing an informed consent form, the women were enrolled for the questionnaire and syphilis test.

Prevalence of syphilis among antenatal clinic attendees in Karachi: Imperative to begin universal screening in Pakistan

The kits are labeled as Rapid HIV Test Kit, Rapid Syphilis Test Kit, One Step Cassette Style Cocaine Test, One Step Cassette Style Marijuana (THC) Test, One Step Cassette Style Amphetamine Test, Rapid Dengue Fever Test, and One Step Midstream Style HCG Urine (Home) Pregnancy Test.

FDA warns consumers about imported test kits

One week later, the body rash had not resolved and the patient demanded a syphilis test; a 1:8 ratio on the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test indicated syphilis; a confirmatory fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption double staining (FTA-ABS) test also was reactive.