Diagnosis of treponemal co-infection in HIV-infected West Africans

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1521-1526

  Mamoojee, Yaasir ^a   Tan, Grace ^a   Gittins, Sandra ^a   Sarfo, Stephen ^b   Stephenson, Lisa ^c   Carrington, David ^c   Bedu Addo, George ^b   Phillips, Richard ^b   Appiah, Lambert T ^b   Chadwick, David ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnosis; HIV; Sensitivity and specificity; Syphilis; Yaws

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE INFESTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; TREPONEMATOSIS;

ÁFRICA; AFRICA; AFRIQUE; DIAGNÓSTICO; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC; HIV; PIÁN; PIAN; SENSIBILIDAD Y ESPECIFICIDAD; SENSIBILITÉ ET SPÉCIFICITÉ; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SÍFILIS; SYPHILIS; VIH; YAWS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

GHANA; WEST AFRICA;

MUREX; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84869879136     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03090.x     Document Type: Article

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