The number of primary and secondary syphilis cases in young women rose dramatically in the late 1980s and early 1990s, due to illicit drug use and the exchange of drugs for sex. Of infants born to ...

Catrone said the eight-county region had two cases last year where a baby got syphilis from the mother prior to birth and three cases of that this year. Nearly 4,000 babies were born with syphilis ...

Congenital syphilis is a chronic infection that affects multiple organs. It may lead to premature birth or stillbirth. Even if the baby is born without any symptoms, bone deformities, eye disease ...

If a woman becomes a carrier before or during pregnancy, her baby could be infected and be born with abnormalities, and the risk of miscarriage or stillbirth increases. Syphilis infections cases ...