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Table 3 Syphilis serological tests in pregnant women by HIV status at Yirgalem hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2016

From: High seroprevalence of syphilis infection among pregnant women in Yiregalem hospital southern Ethiopia

Syphilis test

Total tested

n (%) syphilis positive

n (%) HIV positive (N = 51/494)

RPR

494

30 (6.1)

14 (2.8)

TPHA

30

25 (83.3)

11 (36.7)

Syphilis seropositivity

494

25 (5.1)

11 (2.2)

  1. HIV human immunodeficiency virus, n total number of syphilis positive, N total number of HIV positive, RPR rapid plasma regain, TPHA Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay
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