Prevalence of antenatal syphilis remains positively associated with HIV in South African districts
The positive association between HIV and syphilis prevalence is compatible with an increase in sexual network connectivity in the districts with the largest increases in syphilis prevalence.
Authors
- Nosipho Shangase (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2735-4637)
- Adrian Puren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7531-4010)
- Chris Kenyon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2557-8998)
- Tendesayi Kufa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9797-616X)
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- National Institute for Communicable Diseases
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Published
- 2025-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2025-056650
- Primary Topic
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00