Open AccessDeclining Prevalence Rates of Syphilis Among Police Officers in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, 1990–2010
Author(s) -
Jacob Lindman,
Fredrik Månsson,
Antonio J. Biague,
Zacarias José da Silva,
Sören Andersson,
Hans Norrgren
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000012
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , treponema , sexually transmitted disease , demography , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology
We analyzed prevalence rates of syphilis (positive Treponema pallidum hemagglutinin antigen/T. pallidum particle antigen and venereal disease research laboratory test) among police officers in Guinea-Bissau from 1990 to 2010 and found a significant decline from 4.5% to 0.4% (P = 0.0065). Our results are in line with other recent reports from West Africa. More research is needed to identify the reasons for this decline.