Background:
@EN According to the areas and people that are examined, there are many differences in the prevalence of syphilis in Korea. However, the reactive rate of the serologic test for syphilis showed an increase in the 1960's, and it has decreased from
the
beginning of the 1970's.
@ES Objective:
@EN Comparing the results of the serologic test for syphilis which had been performed for the 5 years(1987-1991) on the physical examines and pregnant women who were considered as healthy, which had been already reported, we tried to observe the
change
of reactive rate of serologic test for syphilis.
@ES Methods:
@EN The serologic test for syphilis, including serum VDRL test and serum TPHA test, were carried out on 25,254 healthy adults(20,405 were physical examinees examined at national Medical Center and 4,849 were pregnant women delivered at National
Medical
Center).
@ES Results:
@EN The reactive rate of serum VDRL test was 0.8% in 25,254 healthy adults(physical examinees:0.8%, pregnant women : 0.7%). There were no statistically differences between the annual incidences. 85.5% of VDRL-reactive subjects showed low VDRL
titers(below 1 : 4) by the quantitative serum VDRL test. The biologic false positive reaction of serum VDRL test was 29(19.5%) in 149 VDRL-reactive subjects, using serum TPHA test as a standard.
@ES Conclusion:
@EN This study suggested that was a decrease in the prevalence of syphilis in Korea. (Kor J Dermatol 1994 ; 32(5) : 866~871)
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