FIGURE 1. Antenatal syphilis decision trees.

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Reducing the burden of sexually transmitted infections in resource-limited settings: the role of improved diagnostics

Julia E. Aledort, Allan Ronald, Maria E. Rafael, Federico Girosi, Peter Vickerman, Sylvie M. Le Blancq, Alan Landay, King Holmes, Renee Ridzon, Nicholas Hellmann, Molly V. Shea and Rosanna W. Peeling

444, 59-72

doi:10.1038/nature05447

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(a) Antenatal syphilis screening status quo decision tree. (b) Antenatal syphilis screening new diagnostic decision tree. FN, false negative; FP, false positive; RPR, rapid plasma reagin; TN, true negative; TP, true positive.

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