Decline in syphilis seroprevalence among females of reproductive age in Northern Cape Province, South Africa, 2003–2012: utility of laboratory-based information

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 564-572

  Ballah, Ngormbu J ^a,b   Kuonza, Lazarus R ^a,b   De Gita, Gloria ^a   Musekiwa, Alfred ^c   Williams, Seymour ^c   Takuva, Simbarashe ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

antenatal clinics; Congenital syphilis; laboratory; prevalence; sexually transmitted infection; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LABORATORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019011001     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462416636727     Document Type: Article

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