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. 2023 Jan-Jun;44(1):20-23.
doi: 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_77_22. Epub 2023 Jun 6.

Trends of syphilis seroprevalence at a tertiary care center in New Delhi, India: A 10-year analysis

Prakhar Srivastava  1 , Aradhana Bhargava  1 , Shikha Bansal  1 , Niti Khunger  1 , Ashok Kumar Saxena  1
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Trends of syphilis seroprevalence at a tertiary care center in New Delhi, India: A 10-year analysis

Prakhar Srivastava et al. Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS. 2023 Jan-Jun.

Abstract

Objectives: Syphilis has been called the great mimicker or the great imitator due to its myriad of clinical presentations. Despite strenuous concerted efforts toward the elimination of syphilis, it still remains a goal to be achieved. During recent years, many different trends of syphilis have been reported from around the globe.

Methods: A retrospective observational clinico-investigative study was carried out to analyze the 10-year trends of syphilis at one of the largest public sector hospitals in India.

Results and conclusion: Both venereal disease research laboratory and Treponema pallidum Hemagglutination assay positivity rates showed a significant declining trend from 2007 to 2016, reflecting the success of the National Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention and Control Program.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Treponema pallidum hemagglutination; seroprevalence; sexually transmitted infection; syphilis; trends of syphilis.

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(a) Graph showing trend of VDRL and TPHA positivity (percentage) from 2007 to 2016, (b) Graph showing trend of VDRL positivity (percentage) in males and females, (c) Graph showing trend of TPHA positivity (percentage) in males and females, (d) Graph showing trend of primary, secondary, and latent syphilis (percentage). VDRL = Venereal disease research laboratory, TPHA = Treponema pallidum Hemagglutination assay
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