CURRENT STATUS OF HIV/AIDS-SYPHILIS CO-INFECTIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRE STUDY


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Sargul F., SAYAN M., İNAN D., DEVECİ A., Ceran N., ÇELEN M. K., ...More

CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol.27, no.3, pp.223-228, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.21101/cejph.a5467
  • Journal Name: CENTRAL EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.223-228
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Treponema pallidum and HIV are transmitted frequently through sexual contact, these agents with epidemiological similarities co-infect the same host. The current number of HIV-infected cases in Turkey is increasing. For this reason, we aimed to reveal the characteristics of syphilis in HIV/AIDS cases.