Highlighting a population-based re-emergence of Syphilis infection and assessing associated risk factors among pregnant women in Cameroon: Evidence from the 2009, 2012 and 2017 national sentinel surveillance surveys of HIV and syphilis.

Highlighting a population-based re-emergence of Syphilis infection and assessing associated risk factors among pregnant women in Cameroon: Evidence from the 2009, 2012 and 2017 national sentinel surveillance surveys of HIV and syphilis.

<h4>Background</h4>Syphilis and HIV can be transmitted from pregnant women to their children and they remain a public health problem in Africa. Our study aimed to determine the trends of seroprevalence of HIV/syphilis co-infection and syphilis infection overtime through the national surv...

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Main Authors: Cyprien Kengne-Nde, Jean de Dieu Anoubissi, Gabriel Loni-Ekali, Celine Nguefeu-Nkenfou, Yasmine Moussa, Arlette Messeh, Joseph Fokam, Albert Zeh-Meka, Denis Snayeul-Wawo, Dorine Tseuko, Marinette Ngo-Nemb, David Kob, Serge-Clotaire Billong, Leonard Bonono, Jean-Bosco Elat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241999

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