Syphilis
In terms of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases - data collection by Robert Koch Institute:Syphilis is a bacterial disease caused by the spirochete species Treponema pallidum, that only occurs in humans. It is transmitted sexually by blood and intrauterine from mother to child. It typically runs in three stadia: a so-called primary affect (a mostly painless ulceration at the entry wound) forms a few days to weeks after infection. In the secondary stadium the disease is noticeable by general symptoms and skin appearances. In the tertiary stadium (years after the initial infection) damages of the brain and the blood vessels can occur. Infectious are persons in the primary and secondary stadium and during the early latency (up to about 1 year after infection). The infection can be cured by antibiotics (penicillin), repeated infections are possible.
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- Diagnostic data of the hospitals by place of residence and place of treatment (from 2000)
- Diagnostic data of the hospitals by place of residence (from 2000)
- Diagnostic data of the hospitals by place of treatment (from 2000)
- Diagnostic data of the hospitals (key figures of full-time inpatients)
- Diagnostic data of the prevention and rehabilitation facilities (key figures fo full-time patients)
- Diagnostic data of the prevention or rehabilitation facilities with more than 100 beds by place of residence (since 2003
- Diagnostic data of the prevention or rehabilitation facilities with more than 100 beds by place of treatment (since 2003
- Notifiable diseases (starting from 2001)
- Sexually transmittable diseases (1984-2000)
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