CD HEALTH ALERT: Expanded Syphilis Screening Guidelines for Prevention of Congenital Syphilis

CD News Alert

December 15, 2020

In 2018, there were 329 infants with congenital syphilis (CS) reported in California, representing a 900 percent increase from 2012, and a magnitude of CS burden not observed since 1995. These trends mirror a sharp rise in syphilis among females, which surpassed 500 percent during the same period.