A review of recent advances in rapid point-of-care tests for syphilis

Claire C. Bristow; Elysia Larson; Marjan Javanbakht; Emily Huang; Louise Causer; Jeffrey D. Klausner

doi:10.1071/SH14166

REVIEW

A review of recent advances in rapid point-of-care tests for syphilis

Claire C. Bristow ^A ^E , Elysia Larson ^B , Marjan Javanbakht ^A , Emily Huang ^C , Louise Causer ^D and Jeffrey D. Klausner ^A ^C

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^A Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, 640 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.

^B Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Cambridge, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

^C David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

^D The Kirby Institute, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

^E Corresponding author. Email: ccbristow@ucla.edu

Sexual Health 12(2) 119-125 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH14166
Submitted: 26 August 2014 Accepted: 20 November 2014 Published: 27 January 2015

Abstract

Syphilis is a curable disease, yet over 10 million people worldwide are infected with syphilis each year. Syphilis case finding and subsequent treatment are key steps in syphilis control and prevention efforts. The advent of rapid point-of-care tests – which require minimal equipment, are easy to perform and are relatively low cost – have the potential to improve syphilis control by allowing for more widespread testing in clinical and non-clinical settings. However, strategies to maximise the potential public health impact of those tests are needed, and those include regulatory oversight, effective supply-chain management and quality assurance systems.

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A review of recent advances in rapid point-of-care tests for syphilis

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