Sero-Prevalence of Syphilis Among Pregnant Women in Osogbo in Southwestern Nigeria
Keywords:
Prevalence Syphlis VDRL Pregnancy.
Abstract
Syphilis screening tests using VDRL antigen were carried out on two hundred pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Osogbo, the capital city of Osun State, southwestern Nigeria. The overall prevalence of infection was 10.0%. Infection was highest (7.0%) among pregnant women in the age group 21 – 30. Although there was no significant difference between age group and syphilis infection (P = 0.523).
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Azeze, B., Fantahun, M., Kidan, K.G. 1985. Seroprevalence of syphilis among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in rural hospital in north Ethiopia. Genitourinary Medicine. 71: 347 – 350.
Bello, C.S., Elegba, O.Y., Dada, J.D. 1983. Sexually transmitted disease in northern Nigeria. British Journal of Venereal Diseases. 259: 202 – 205.
David, W., Marlene, S., Catherine, C. 1997. Epidemiology of syphilis in pregnancy in rural South Africa: Opportunities for control. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 1: 57 – 62.
Fieldsteel, A.H. 1983. Genetics of Treponema in Pathogenesis and Immunology of Treponemes infection. New York, Marcel Dekker. 39.
Fleming, D.T., Wasserheit, J.N. 1999. From epidemiological synergy to public health policy and practice: the contribution of other sexually transmitted diseases to sexually transmission of HIV infection. Sexually Transmitted Infection. 75: 3 – 17.
Gamble, C.N. 1995. Immunopathogenesis syphilitic glomerulonephritis: Elution of antitreponemal antibody from glomerular immune-complex deposits. New England Journal of Medicine. 292: 449 – 452.
Harter, C.A. 1976. Fetal syphilis in the first triemester. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 124: 705 – 708.
Leroy, V., Clerig, A.D., Ladner, J. 1995. For the pregnancy and HIV (EGE) Group: should screening of genital infection be part of antenatal care in areas of high prevalence? A prospective cohort study from Kigali, Rwanda, 1992 – 1993. Genetourinary Medicine. 1: 207 – 211.
Miranda, A.E., Alves, M.C., Nelo, R.L. 2001. Seroprevalence of HIV, hepatitis B virus and syphilis in women at their first visit to public antenatal clinics in Victoria, Brazil. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 28: 710 – 713.
Obisesan, K.A., Ahmed, Y. 1999. Routine antenatal syphilis screening – a case against. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Hospital, Ibadan. Nigerian African Journal of Medical Science. 28: 185 – 187.
Osoba, A.O. 1979. The central of gonococcal infection and other sexually transmitted diseases in developing countries with particular reference to Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Medical Science. 2: 127 – 133.
Oyelese, A.O., Asuzu, M.C., Osoba, A.O. 1990. Pattern of reactive groups attending the University College Hospital, Ibadan (1976 – 1985). African Journal of Medical Science. 19: 163 – 166.
Rotimi, V.O., Somori, A.O. 1980. Sexually transmitted disease in clinical patients in Lagos. British Journal of Venereal Diseases. 56: 54 – 56.
Schell, R.F. 1982. Acquired resistance of hamsters of challenge with homologous and heterologous virulence treponemes. Infectious Immunology. 37: 617 – 619.
Schultz, K.F., Cater, In Jr, O’Mara, P.R. 1987. Pregnancy loss, infant death and suffering: legacy of syphilis and gonorrhoeae in Africa. Genitourinary Medicine. 63: 320 – 325.
Temmerman, M., Fenck, K., Bashir, F., Lnion, L., Ndinya-Anchrola, J., Bwayo, J. 1999. Declining syphilis prevalence in pregnant women in Nairobi since 1995: another success story in the STD field. International Journal of STD and AIDS. 10: 405 – 408.
Temmerman, M., Gichangi, P., Fench, K. 2000. Effect of a syphilis control programme on pregnancy outcome in Nairobi, Kenya. Sexually Transmitted Infection. 76: 117 – 121.
Watson-Jones, D., Changalucha, J., Gumodokia, B., Weiss, H., Rusizoka, M., Ndeki, L. 2002. Syphilis in pregnancy in Tanzania I. Impact of maternal syphilis on outcome of pregnancy. Journal of Infectious Disease. 186: 940 – 947.
Wheeler, H.L., Agarwal, S., Goh, B.T. 2004. Dark background microscopy and treponemal serological tests in the diagnosis of early syphilis. Sexually Transmitted Infection. 80: 411 – 414.
Wilkinson, D., Sach, M., Connolly, C. 1997. Epidemiology of syphilis in pregnancy in rural South Africa: opportunities for control. Tropical Medicine and International Health. 2:57—62.
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