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The Origins of Neurosyphilis Prevention and Modern Diagnostic Methods

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2025): International Journal of Integrative and Modern Medicine:

Burkhonov Temurbek Sardor oʻgʻli (1), Kadirov Umid Arzikulovich (2), Khakimova Sokhiba Ziyadulloyevna (3)

(1) Department of Neurology, Samarkand State Medical University, 1st year clinical resident, Uzbekistan
(2) Assistant to the Department of Neurology, Samarkand State Medical University, Uzbekistan
(3) Scientific supervisor, Department of Neurology, Samarkand State Medical University, Head of the Department, Uzbekistan

Abstract:

Neurosyphilis is a secondary disease of infectious etiology, which is a lesion of the nervous system. Its causative agent is the bacterium Treponema pallidum, which, entering the body of an adult or a child, causes the development of an acquired or congenital form of syphilis. Today, about 20% of patients with syphilis have damage to the nervous system, the proportion of which is neurosyphilis is 8-9%.