What underpins the decline in syphilis in Southern and Eastern Africa? An exploratory ecological analysis | Zendy

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What underpins the decline in syphilis in Southern and Eastern Africa? An exploratory ecological analysis

Author(s) -

Chris Kenyon,

Kara Osbak,

R Matthew Chico

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.05.014

Subject(s) - geography , exploratory analysis , syphilis , ecology , medicine , biology , data science , virology , computer science , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)

AIDS mortality played an important role in the decline in syphilis prevalence in the USA, but its effect on the dramatic reduction in syphilis prevalence in Southern and Eastern Africa has not been explored. In this ecological study, we investigated the extent to which the relationship between syphilis and HIV prevalence at a population level varied between the early and late periods of the HIV epidemic.

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