HIV/AIDS Co-Infection

Data on HIV/AIDS co-infection reported by K. Buchacz and co-researchers

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 18th, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "Syphilis outbreaks among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States have raised concerns about increased HIV transmission in this population. We sought to estimate HIV incidence among men diagnosed with primary or secondary (P&S) syphilis in sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Atlanta, San Francisco, and Los Angeles."

"We analyzed deidentified sociodemographic information from routine syphilis surveillance databases and matching remnant sera from consecutive male patients with P&S syphilis who were tested for syphilis at 3 public health laboratories during January 2004 through January 2006. Deidentified...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2008-03-18)

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