?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Syphilis+serology+in+HIV-positive+and+HIV-negative+Nigerians%3A+The+public+health+significance&rft.creator=Uneke+Jesse%2C+Chigozie&rft.creator=Ogbu%2C+Ogbonnaya&rft.creator=Alo%2C+Moses&rft.creator=Ariom%2C+Thaddeus&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Syphilis+has+acquired+new+potential+for+morbidity+and+mortality+through+association+with+increased+risk+for+HIV+infection.+Case-control+survey+was+conducted+using+Rapid+Plasma+Reagin+test+and+confirmatory+Immunochromatographic+test+among+HIV-positive+(cases)+and+HIV-negative+(control)+Nigerians.+A+total+of+35(14.0%25)++of++250+HIV-positive++and+5(2.0%25)+of+250+HIV-negative+individuals+studied+were+seropositive+for+syphilis%2C+the+difference+was+statistically+significant+(P%3C0.05).+The+prevalence+was+higher+among+females+than+males+of+HIV-positive+(15.0%25+versus+12.7%25)+and+of+the+HIV-negative+(2.1%25+versus+1.9%25)+individuals.+Syphilis+seroprevalence+was+highest+among+HIV-positive+individuals+aged+21-30+years+(20.5%25)+and+41-50+years+old+HIV-negative+individuals+(4.5%25).+Sex+education%2C+promotion+of+safer+sexual+behaviour%2C+prompt+diagnosis+of+STDs+and+provision+of+effective%2C+accessible+treatment+are+recommended&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.contributor=Baliga+B%2C+Dr.+Shatharam&rft.date=2006-09&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5169%2F1%2F2006-2-5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Uneke+Jesse%2C+Chigozie+and+Ogbu%2C+Ogbonnaya+and+Alo%2C+Moses+and+Ariom%2C+Thaddeus++(2006)+Syphilis+serology+in+HIV-positive+and+HIV-negative+Nigerians%3A+The+public+health+significance.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5169%2F