Prevalence Of Syphilis, Neurosyphilis And Associated Factors In a Cross-Sectional Analysis Of HIV Infected Patients Attending Bugando Medical Centre Mwanza Tanzania

• DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.13375/v2
• Publication Date: 2020-01-06T11:16:07Z
• Authors: Adeodatus Richard...; Betrand Msemwa; Evarista Mgaya; Peter Masikini; Samuel Kalluvya
• Keywords: Neurosyphilis; Cross-sectional study

Abstract BACKGROUND HIV-syphilis co-infection is a combination that enhances rapid progression of early syphilis or late latent to neurosyphilis and can cause catastrophic neurological complications. In studies in Mwanza, affects ~8% healthy outpatients, older have suggested up 23.5% co-infected patients also