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Diagnosis of treponemal co‐infection in HIV‐infected West Africans [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2012
AbstractObjectives To evaluate the performance of two enzyme immunoassays (EIA), Murex and ICE, and the Determine TP point‐of‐care test (POCT) in diagnosing treponemal infection (syphilis or yaws) in patients attending a large HIV clinic in Ghana; to determine the prevalence of treponemal co‐infections; and to characterise demographic and clinical ...
Yaasir, Mamoojee, Grace, Tan, Sandra, Gittins, Stephen, Sarfo, Lisa, Stephenson, David, Carrington, George, Bedu-Addo, Richard, Phillips, Lambert T, Appiah, David, Chadwick   +9 more
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A laboratory-based evaluation of four rapid point-of-care tests for syphilis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Syphilis point-of-care tests may reduce morbidity and ongoing transmission by increasing the proportion of people rapidly treated. Syphilis stage and co-infection with HIV may influence test performance.
Louise M Causer, John M Kaldor, Christopher K Fairley, Basil Donovan, Theo Karapanagiotidis, David E Leslie, Peter W Robertson, Anna M McNulty, David Anderson, Handan Wand, Damian P Conway, Ian Denham, Claire Ryan, Rebecca J Guy   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serosurvey of anti-treponema pallidum (syphilis), anti-hepatitis C virus and anti-HIV antibodies in homeless persons of São Paulo city, southeastern Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Homeless persons have been considered as one of the most susceptible populations to sexually transmitted infections. In Brazil, these population experienced an increase of 140% from 2012 to 2020.
Laís Giuliani Felipetto, Pedro Irineu Teider-Junior, Felipe Fortino Verdan da Silva, Anahi Chechia do Couto, Louise Bach Kmetiuk, Camila Marinelli Martins, Leila Sabrina Ullmann, Jorge Timenetsky, Andrea Pires dos Santos, Alexander Welker Biondo   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance evaluation of VITROS syphilis Treponema pallidum agglutination assay in blood donor samples by using centers for disease control and prevention reverse sequence algorithm

Global Journal of Transfusion Medicine, 2019
Background: VITROS syphilis Treponema pallidum agglutination (VSTPA) assay is a treponemal assay for the detection of antitreponemal antibody in the human serum or plasma using enhanced chemiluminescence technology.
Amardeep Pathak, Manushri Sharma, Narender Tejwani, Anurag Mehta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges and key research questions for yaws eradication. [PDF]

, 2015
Yaws is endemic in west Africa, southeast Asia, and the Pacific region. To eradicate yaws by 2020, WHO has launched a campaign of mass treatment with azithromycin.
Asiedu, Kingsley B, Ballard, Ronald C, Bassat, Quique, Chen, Cheng-Yen, Emerson, Paul M, Fegan, David, Knauf, Sascha, Kool, Jacob, Lukehart, Sheila, Mabey, David CW, Marks, Michael, Martin, Diana L, Mitjà, Oriol, Pillay, Allan, Solomon, Anthony W, Taleo, Fasihah, Vestergaard, Lasse S, Ye, Tun   +17 more
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Health of Special Immigrant Visa holders from Iraq and Afghanistan after arrival into the United States using Domestic Medical Examination data, 2014-2016: A cross-sectional analysis. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Since 2008, the United States has issued between 2,000 and 19,000 Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) annually, with the majority issued to applicants from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Aguirre, Jenny, Cabanting, Nuny, Ford, Rebecca, Hughes, Stephen, Jentes, Emily S, Kawasaki, Breanna, Kennedy, Lori, Kumar, Gayathri S, Mamo, Blain, Montour, Jessica, Payton, Colleen, Pezzi, Clelia, Scott, Kevin, Titus, Melissa, Urban, Kailey, Wien, Simone   +15 more
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Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network laboratory Guidelines for the Use of Serological Tests (excluding point-of-care tests) for the Diagnosis of Syphilis in Canada

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2015
Syphilis, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, is an infection recognized since antiquity. It was first reported at the end of the 15th century in Europe.
Paul N Levett, Kevin Fonseca, Raymond SW Tsang, Kamran Kadkhoda, Bouchra Serhir, Sandra M Radons, Muhammad Morshed   +6 more
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Atypical manifestations of recent syphilis: study of 19 cases, [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
Background: Syphilis is one of the most common diseases that start with genital ulcers. Aside from the initial, classic ulcerative lesion of syphilis, called hard chancre, atypical presentations are common, with erosions, erythema, edema, balanitis, and ...
José Carlos Sardinha, Livia Lima de Lima, Marcel Heibel, Antonio Schettini, Sinesio Talhari, Carolina Talhari   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Epidemiological profile of congenital syphilis in the municipality of São Luís, 2008–2017

DST, 2020
Introduction: Congenital syphilis is a disease of great magnitude due to increasing numbers of new annual cases, affecting a large contingent of children, which translates into high incidence rates. The occurrence of syphilis cases evidences failures in
Alessandra Coelho Vivekananda Meireles, Diana Maria Silveira da Silva, Wendel Alencar de Oliveira, Vanise Frazão Ribeiro, Dorilea Maria da Silva de Sousa Fernandes, Marconi Relnner Mesquita Viana, Silvana Mendes Costa, Ana Cristina Brandão Machado   +7 more
doaj  

A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating the performance and operational characteristics of dual point-of-care tests for HIV and syphilis. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of syphilis and HIV continue to be important yet preventable causes of perinatal and infant morbidity and mortality.
Gliddon, Harriet D, Kamb, Mary L, Peeling, Rosanna W, Taylor, Melanie M, Toskin, Igor, Wi, Teodora E   +5 more
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