Open AccessHigh Burden of Active Syphilis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Syphilis Coinfection Among Men Who Have Sex With Men, Transwomen, and Genderqueer Individuals in Zimbabwe
Author(s) -
Lauren Parmley,
Innocent Chingombe,
Yingfeng Wu,
Munyaradzi Mapingure,
Owen Mugurungi,
Chesterfield Samba,
John Rogers,
Avi Hakim,
Perpetua Gozhora,
Sophia S Miller,
Godfrey Musuka,
Tiffany G. Harris
Publication year - 2021
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.0000000000001553
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , men who have sex with men , coinfection , logistic regression , confidence interval , odds ratio , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , sociology
Syphilis increases human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition risk and impacts the immunologic and virologic response among people living with HIV (PLHIV). We assessed the prevalence of active or current syphilis and HIV/syphilis and their correlates among men who have sex with men (MSM), transwomen, and genderqueer (TGW/GQ) individuals in Zimbabwe.