Congenital Syphilis-- United States, 2003-2008.

The article presents a summary of the analysis conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on recent trends in congenital syphilis (CS) rates in the U.S. The national surveillance data from the 2003-2008 period for CS cases reported to state and local health departments was used by the CDC in the analysis. The analysis discovered that CS rate among infants less than 1 year old increased by 23%, from 8.2 cases per 100,000 live births in 2005 to 10.1 during 2008. It also noted that most of the CS cases occurred in infants born to black mothers.