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Syphilis, Congenital

National Notifiable Time Periods

Case Definition(s)

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The 1990, 1996, and 2014 Syphilis case definitions include the case definition for congenital syphilis as a subtype. As of January 2015, the Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis case definitions appear separately, under their respective names.  In 2018, the congenital syphilis case definition is again included in the Syphilis case definition as a subtype.