High prevalence of syphilis-HIV co-infection at four hospitals of the City of Buenos Aires: Argentina Alta prevalencia de co-infección sífilis-VIH en cuatro hospitales de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: Argentina

High prevalence of syphilis-HIV co-infection at four hospitals of the City of Buenos Aires: Argentina Alta prevalencia de co-infección sífilis-VIH en cuatro hospitales de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: Argentina

A cross-sectional anonymous study of 261 STD (sexually transmitted diseases) outpatients and 288 outpatients from other hospital departments was conducted at four major city hospitals in Buenos Aires. High prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (14.5%) and syphilis (30.2%) was noted. Fifty...

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Main Authors: G. Griemberg, C. T. Bautista, M. C. Pizzimenti, G. Orfus, B. Alonso, T. Fernández, O. Cando, L. Martínez Peralta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2006-09-01
Series:Revista Argentina de Microbiología
Subjects:
VIH
sífilis
coinfección
prevalencia
ETS
Argentina
HIV
syphilis
co-infection
prevalence
STD
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