Recall of symptoms and treatment of syphilis and yaws by healthy blood donors screening positive for syphilis in Kumasi, Ghana

Recall of symptoms and treatment of syphilis and yaws by healthy blood donors screening positive for syphilis in Kumasi, Ghana

Objective: To describe the recalled medical history, clinical manifestations, and treatment of yaws and syphilis by syphilis seroreactive blood donors in Kumasi, Ghana. Methods: Of the blood donors at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana tested with the syphilis rapid diagnostic test (RDT)...

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Main Authors: Francis Sarkodie, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Oliver Hassall, Imelda Bates, Ib C. Bygbjerg, Henrik Ullum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Recall of symptoms
Syphilis
Yaws
Epidemiological characteristics
Sero-reactive
Blood donors
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971216311316

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