Recommendations for Public Health Surveillance of Syphilis in the United States

This monograph reports on updated syphilis surveillance guidelines for use in improving and developing syphilis surveillance techniques and making collection and reporting of syphilis surveillance data more uniform. The monograph discusses the purposes and uses of the two main components of syphilis surveillance: case reporting and prevalence monitoring. It also provides case definitions to be used for syphilis, reporting formats and intervals, and guidelines for provider-based and laboratory-based case reporting. The monograph includes guidelines for dissemination and communication of findings, information system design, privacy and data security, and training and personnel. Sample serology laboratory site visit report and annual clinical laboratory survey calendar year worksheets are appended.