primary syphilis

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primary syphilis [′prī‚mer·ē ′sif·ə·ləs]

(medicine)

The first stage of the venereal disease, characterized clinically by a painless ulcer, or chancre, at the point of infection and painless, discrete regional adenopathy.

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Most of the infected women had an early latent infection (59%), whereas 34% were diagnosed with secondary syphilis and 6% with primary syphilis.

High rates of congenital syphilis in Russia linked to inadequate ... by Remez, L. / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

The first symptom of primary syphilis is an ulcer called a chancre ("shan-ker").

Syphilis by Pamphlet by: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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