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. 2003 Mar;93(3):444-6.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.3.444.

Decreased congenital syphilis incidence in Haiti's rural Artibonite region following decentralized prenatal screening

Daniel W Fitzgerald  1 , Frieda Behets, Johanne Preval, Lauren Schulwolf, Vidya Bommi, Pascal Chaillet
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Decreased congenital syphilis incidence in Haiti's rural Artibonite region following decentralized prenatal screening

Daniel W Fitzgerald et al. Am J Public Health. 2003 Mar.
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Cases of congenital syphilis per 100 000 live births in Haiti’s Artibonite region in the year before decentralization of prenatal screening (1995) and the 3 years after decentralization (1997–1999).
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