VDRL test in normal albino and pigmented rabbits.

Abstract

The rabbit has been the animal most commonly employed for syphilis research since the first report of infection of this species in 1906 (Bertarelli, 1906). Experimental ocular and neurosyphilis has been investigated in this laboratory during the past 5 years in three species-rabbits, owl monkeys, and squirrel monkeys (Smith,

Control of mother-to-child transmission of infectious diseases in Brazil: progress in HIV/AIDS and failure in congenital syphilis

“…Syphilis is still treated with benzathine penicillin, the only medication proven to be effective in treating both mother and fetus 46,47,48 , and which should be administered throughout the whole SUS network. Moderate allergic reactions to penicillin are rare (0.5 to 1 case per thousand treatments) 49 , transformed into an eventual risk of death for one in 100,000 people who receive the medication 29,50 . In this situation, the quality of the health professional is of overwhelming importance.…”

Serology of normal primates.

“…of albino rabbits, but in 38-6 per cent. of pigmented rabbits (Levine, Smith, Martinez, Rios Montenegro, and Nicol, 1969). An interesting report bearing on the latter point was the study by Frazier and Mu (1930).…”