--- abstract: '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%) of 250 HIV-positive and 5(2.0%) of 250 HIV-negative individuals studied were seropositive for syphilis, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The prevalence was higher among females than males of HIV-positive (15.0% versus 12.7%) and of the HIV-negative (2.1% versus 1.9%) individuals. Syphilis seroprevalence was highest among HIV-positive individuals aged 21-30 years (20.5%) and 41-50 years old HIV-negative individuals (4.5%). Sex education, promotion of safer sexual behaviour, prompt diagnosis of STDs and provision of effective, accessible treatment are recommended' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue18/2006-2-5.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - Uneke CJ - Ogbu O - Alo M - Ariom T creators_name: - family: Uneke given: Chigozie honourific: '' lineage: Jesse - family: Ogbu given: Ogbonnaya honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Alo given: Moses honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Ariom given: Thaddeus honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2006-09 date_type: published datestamp: 2006-09-25 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/51/69 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS - Baliga BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr. lineage: Bevinje - family: Baliga given: Shatharam honourific: Dr. lineage: B eprint_status: archive eprintid: 5169 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/5169/1/2006%2D2%2D5.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: 'Syphilis, Treponema pallidum, HIV, Seroprevalence' lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:36 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 2 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences publisher: Dr. B.S. 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