Authors : A.B. Olokoba , L.B. Olokoba , F.K. Salawu , A. Danburam , O.O. Desalu , J.K. Midala , K.W. Wahab , A. Abdulkareem and S. Aderibigbe
Abstract: To determine Syphilis and Human immunodeficiency virus co-infection rate in North-Eastern Nigeria. Hospital-based prospective study. HIV/AIDS clinic of the Federal Medical Centre, Yola Nigeria. From December 2006-2007. Two hundred consecutively recruited HIV/AIDS patients comprising 69 males and 131 females were screened for Syphilis using Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) test. All those that were positive were confirmed using Treponema Pallidum Haemagglutination (TPHA) test. The biodata of the patients were obtained. Written informed consent was obtained from each patient. Out of the 200 HIV/AIDS patients tested, 18 were seropositive for Syphilis giving an overall co-infection rate of 9.0%. Of the 69 males who had HIV/AIDS, 7 (38.9%) were seropositive for Syphilis while 11 (61.1%) of the 131 females with HIV/AIDS were seropositive. Co-infection rate was highest in the 30-39 years age group (61.1%), while no case of co-infection was found in the 10-19, 50-59 and 60-69 years age groups.
A.B. Olokoba , L.B. Olokoba , F.K. Salawu , A. Danburam , O.O. Desalu , J.K. Midala , K.W. Wahab , A. Abdulkareem and S. Aderibigbe , 2008. Syphilis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-Infection in North-Eastern Nigeria. International Journal of Tropical Medicine, 3: 70-72.