Prevalence of syphilis, neurosyphilis and associated factors in a cross-sectional analysis of HIV infected patients attending Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

Prevalence of syphilis, neurosyphilis and associated factors in a cross-sectional analysis of HIV infected patients attending Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania

Abstract Background HIV-syphilis co-infection can enhance the rapid progression of early or late latent syphilis to neurosyphilis and can cause catastrophic neurological complications. In studies in Mwanza, syphilis affects ~ 8% of healthy outpatients and studies done in the 1990s have suggested tha...

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Main Authors: Adeodatus Haule, Betrand Msemwa, Evarista Mgaya, Peter Masikini, Samuel Kalluvya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Human immunodeficiency virus
Syphilis
Neurosyphilis
Human immunodeficiency virus- Treponema pallidum co-infection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09984-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09984-9

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