High Prevalence of <i>Haemophilus ducreyi</i> Among Patients With Suspected Primary syphilis in Malawi, 2019–2022
Syphilis and chancroid are common etiologies of GUD in Malawi. Our findings underscore the value of highly sensitive molecular diagnostic methods to periodically assess GUD causes among patients with sexually transmitted infections in countries using syndromic management.
Authors
- Blessings Kamtambe
- Arlene C. Seña (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1206-2175)
- Naomi Bonongwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7180-993X)
- Gabriel Banda
- Justin D. Radolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9341-6712)
- Naomi Nyirenda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1858-197X)
- Isaac Thengolose
- Beatrice Ndalama
- Esther Mathiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6929-9168)
- Jonathan B. Parr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4465-9830)
- Christopher M. Hennelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5325-6753)
- Magnus Unemo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1710-2081)
- Jane S. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7648-0651)
- Jenny Coelho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9155-4174)
- Mitch Matoga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6542-8193)
- Edward Jere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0019-7793)
- Juan C. Salazar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3881-546X)
- Irving Hoffman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0059-5991)
- Daniel Schröder
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Örebro University (SE)
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center (US)
- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MW)
- Ministry of Health (MW)
- Örebro University Hospital (SE)
- Sexual Health Clinic (FI)
- UConn Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf114
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16