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Treponema pallidum in female sex workers from the Brazilian Marajó Archipelago: prevalence, risk factors, drug-resistant mutations and coinfections.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jul 2021
Coelho Evelen C, Souza Samara B, Costa Camila Carla S, Costa Luana M, Pinheiro Luiz Marcelo L, Machado Luiz Fernando A, Silva-Oliveira Gláucia C, Martins Luísa Caricio, Frade Paula Cristina R, Oliveira-Filho Aldemir B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Female sex workers (FSWs) are an especially vulnerable group for syphilis and other sexually transmitted infection (STIs). This study determined the prevalence of syphilis in FSWs and factors associated with this disease in the Marajó Archipelago (northern Brazil), as well as the frequency of point mutations (A2058G and A2059G) in the 23S rRNA gene of Treponema pallidum and coinfections with hepatitis...
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