Nydia Balderas-Arteaga, Kenia Mendez, Alejandra Gonzalez-Rocha, Selene Pacheco-Miranda, Anabelle Bonvecchio, Edgar Denova-Gutiérrez
Healthy lifestyle interventions within the curriculum in school-age children: systematic review and meta-analysis
Health promotion international
hiv syphilis sexually transmitted infections overlapping risk factors potentially leading increased hiv transmission treatment challenges understanding clinical management syphilis coinfection among people living hiv crucial public health interventions retrospective cohort study aimed assess prevalence syphilis coinfection clinical characteristics treatment response public health implications among people living hiv southern turkey records 1352 people living hiv 18 years older followed tertiary infectious diseases clinic 2013 2023 analyzed data demographics clinical stage syphilis hivaids laboratory parameters treatment response coinfections collected statistical analyses performed using spss 200 software among people living hiv 103 76 diagnosed syphilis cases male 971 median age 33 iqr 2849 years heterosexual transmission predominant 602 history condomless sexual intercourse 903 cases majority 883 asymptomatic latent syphilis syphilis diagnosed concurrently hiv 777 cases serological response syphilis treatment observed 468 patients 532 showed serofast reaction neurosyphilis rare diagnosed one patient coinfections hepatitis b c detected 39 19 patients respectively syphilis coinfection among people living hiv significant public health concern southern turkey routine screening syphilis along comprehensive education sexually transmitted infection prevention essential early detection optimal management research needed improve treatment outcomes address emerging challenges hivsyphilis coinfection management