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Table 2 Syphilis serological tests in HIV-infected individuals in southern Ethiopia, 2014

From: Syphilis among people with HIV infection in southern Ethiopia: sero-prevalence and risk factors

Syphilis test

Total tested

Number (%) of positive

HIV-infected participants

ART users

ART naïve

Tested + Ve (%)

Tested + Ve (%)

RPR

993

117 (11.8)

833 94 (11.3)

160 23 (14.4)

TPHA

117

72 (61.5)

94 54 (57.4)

23 18 (78.3)

Syphilis sero-positivity

993

72 (7.3)

833 54 (6.5)

160 18 (11.2)

  1. HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus; RPR, rapid plasma regain; TPHA, Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay; ART, antiretroviral therapy; +Ve, positive; −Ve, negative.