Participation rates and syphilis prevalence diagnosed by Determine Syphilis TP, rapid plasma reagin (RPR) and Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay (TPHA) using whole blood among 3682 female sex workers (FSW) in 10 cities in Peru
| City | FSW approached | Participation rate | Determine positive | RPR reactive | RPR reactive and TPHA positive | RPR ⩾1:8 and TPHA positive | RPR ⩾1:16 and TPHA positive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Cajamarca | 394 | 391 | 99.3 | 4 | 1.0 | 10 | 2.6 | 10 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Cerro de Pasco | 318 | 308 | 96.9 | 5 | 1.6 | 6 | 1.9 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Chincha | 426 | 426 | 100.0 | 14 | 3.2 | 17 | 3.8 | 14 | 3.2 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Cusco | 456 | 456 | 100.0 | 4 | 0.9 | 11 | 2.4 | 11 | 2.4 | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.4 |
| Huanuco | 335 | 331 | 98.8 | 19 | 6.1 | 24 | 7.7 | 22 | 7.0 | 7 | 2.2 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Ica | 321 | 321 | 100.0 | 10 | 3.2 | 26 | 8.3 | 23 | 7.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Juliaca | 390 | 358 | 91.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 4.1 | 7 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Piura | 404 | 373 | 92.4 | 28 | 7.9 | 23 | 6.5 | 22 | 6.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Pucallpa | 387 | 371 | 95.9 | 13 | 3.6 | 51 | 14.1 | 48 | 13.3 | 8 | 2.2 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Tumbes | 251 | 251 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 18 | 7.2 | 18 | 7.2 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 3682 | 3586 | 97.4 | 98 | 2.8 | 198 | 5.7 | 178 | 5.1 | 25 | 0.7 | 10 | 0.3 |