
%0 Journal Article
%A Robertson, Peter W 
%T Serology testing for syphilis in pregnancy: is it still relevant?
%J Microbiology Australia
%D 2008/11/01
%V 29
%N 4
%P 174-175
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MA08174
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MA08174 
%X Until the emergence of HIV and other more spectacular viral diseases, syphilis has probably been referred to more than any other infectious disease throughout history – in theatre, literature and politics. During the 19th century, aside from being a notorious disease transmitted sexually, it was the diverse clinical and pathological forms of syphilis which led to much of this mystique and fear. 
