Seroprevalence of syphilis among HIV-infected individuals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: To determine the prevalence of syphilis and its risk factors among people with HIV at a hospital in Ethiopia. A hospital-based cross-sectional study. This study was conducted at one of the largest public hospitals in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia. A consecutive 306 HIV-positive patients were recruited prospectively from January to March 2010. For comparative purposes, 224 HIV-negative consecutive attendees at the voluntary counselling and testing centre in the same period were also included. Participants under 15 years of age and treated for syphilis and with a CD4 T-cell count below 50 cells/mm(3) were excluded. Blood samples and data on sociodemographic and risk factors for syphilis were collected. Sera were screened for syphilis using rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test, and those positives were re

SUBMITTER: Eticha BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3641471 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature