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Unraveling the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis
Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:585-598.
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INTRODUCTION
TODAY WE repeatedly hear about the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis (TSUS) in the media. The TSUS was the 1932 through 1972 US Public Health Service (USPHS) study involving approximately 400 African American men with syphilis who were found untreated in rural Alabama and were observed to autopsy. As a control, there was also a comparable group of 200 African American men without syphilis who were observed to autopsy.1
The TSUS is a topic the domain of which includes not only medicine and research but also the social and political sciences. In the popular press and medical literature, it is linked to discussions about maternal-infant transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) trials in developing countries,2 the cold-virus trials,3 and alleged CIA distribution of cocaine in Los Angeles, Calif.4-5 The myths include many scenarios, ie, that the 400 men in the study were infected with syphilis by the government, that no . . . [Full Text of this Article]
A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM
AGE OF THE MALE PARTICIPANTS
SYPHILITIC PATIENTS OLDER THAN 50 YEARS
SYPHILITIC PATIENTS YOUNGER THAN 50 YEARS
THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
THE FIRST TSUS ARTICLE
THE SECOND TSUS ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY THE AMA
THE THIRD TSUS ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY THE AMA
COMMENT
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Addressing Urban Health in Detroit, New York City, and Seattle Through Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships
Metzler et al.
Am. J. Public Health 2003;93:803-811.
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