Declining prevalence rates of syphilis among police officers in Guinea-bissau, west Africa, 1990-2010.

Jacob Lopatko Lindman; Fredrik Månsson; Antonio Biague; Zacarias José Da Silva; Sören Andersson; Hans Norrgren

doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000012

Declining prevalence rates of syphilis among police officers in Guinea-bissau, west Africa, 1990-2010.

Jacob Lopatko Lindman, Fredrik Månsson, Antonio Biague, Zacarias José Da Silva, Sören Andersson, Hans Norrgren

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We analyzed prevalence rates of syphilis (positive Treponema pallidum hemagglutinin antigen/T. pallidum particle antigen and venereal disease research laboratory test) among police officers in Guinea-Bissau from 1990 to 2010 and found a significant decline from 4.5% to 0.4% (P = 0.0065). Our results are in line with other recent reports from West Africa. More research is needed to identify the reasons for this decline.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	794-796
Journal	Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Volume	40
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000012
Publication status	Published - 2013

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The record was previously connected to the following departments: Division of Infection Medicine (SUS) (013008000), Infectious Diseases Research Unit (013242010)

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