Prevalence of syphilis, neurosyphilis and associated factors in a cross-sectional analysis of HIV infected patients attending Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania
Abstract Background HIV-syphilis co-infection can enhance the rapid progression of early or late latent syphilis to neurosyphilis and can cause catastrophic neurological complications. In studies in Mwanza, syphilis affects ~ 8% of healthy outpatients and studies done in the 1990s have suggested tha...
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Main Authors: | Adeodatus Haule (Author), Betrand Msemwa (Author), Evarista Mgaya (Author), Peter Masikini (Author), Samuel Kalluvya (Author) |
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