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Sex Transm Infect 80:96-99 doi:10.1136/sti.2003.005827
  • Syphilis

Performance of routine syphilis serology in the Ethiopian cohort on HIV/AIDS

Table 3

Age distribution among study subjects according to syphilis serostatus

Age Incident (%) Prevalent (%) Past (%) No infection (%) Total
<25 0 (0) 1 (7.1) 0 (0) 13 (92.9) 14
25–34 5 (2.5) 11 (5.6) 25 (12.8) 155 (79.1) 196
35–44 6 (1.9) 22 (7.1) 80 (26) 200 (64.9) 308
>44 0 (0) 3 (13.6) 6 (27.3) 13 (59.1) 22
Total 11 (2) 37 (6.8) 111 (20.6) 381 (70.6) 540

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