Evaluation of syphilis in patients with HIV infection in Nigeria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-64

  Nnoruka, Edith N ^a   Ezeoke, A C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Serology; Syndromic management; Syphilis associations; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; TUBERCULIN;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BISEXUALITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GENITAL ULCER; HAIR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH INFLAMMATION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAIL DISEASE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NIGERIA; PENIS GLANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RECALL; RECTUM DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SYPHILIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TUBERCULIN TEST; UNPROTECTED SEX; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VULVA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHANCRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

GLANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 13244273800     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01344.x     Document Type: Article

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