CURRENT STATUS OF HIV/AIDS-SYPHILIS CO-INFECTIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRE STUDY

Sargul, Figen; SAYAN, MURAT; İNAN, DİLARA; DEVECİ, AYDIN; Ceran, Nurgul; ÇELEN, MUSTAFA; Cagatay, Atahan; Ozdemir, Hulya; KUŞCU, FERİT; Karagoz, Gul; HEPER, YASEMİN; Karabay, Oguz; Dokuzoguz, Basak; KAYA, SELÇUK; ERBEN, NURETTİN; Karaoglan, Ilkay; ERSÖZ, GÜLDEN; Gunal, Ozgur; Hatipoglu, Cigdem; SAYIN KUTLU, SELDA; AKBULUT, AYHAN; Saba, Rabin; Sener, Alper; BÜYÜKTUNA, SEYİT

doi:10.21101/cejph.a5467

CURRENT STATUS OF HIV/AIDS-SYPHILIS CO-INFECTIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRE STUDY

Sargul F., SAYAN M., İNAN D., DEVECİ A., Ceran N., ÇELEN M. K., ...More

CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol.27, no.3, pp.223-228, 2019 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 27 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2019
Doi Number: 10.21101/cejph.a5467
Journal Name: CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.223-228
Keywords: syphilis, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS, TREPONEMA-PALLIDUM, MEN, SEX, INFECTION, RISK, PREVALENCE
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Treponema pallidum and HIV are transmitted frequently through sexual contact, these agents with epidemiological similarities co-infect the same host. The current number of HIV-infected cases in Turkey is increasing. For this reason, we aimed to reveal the characteristics of syphilis in HIV/AIDS cases.