The Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis in Ghana: A Five-Year Single Urban Site Parallel Population-Based Analysis vis-à-vis the Sentinel Survey
The study was aimed at comparing the estimation of the burden and trends (2012–2016) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis infections by the national Sentinel Survey vis-à-vis the use of population-based studies at a single urban site (Municipal Hospital) in Ho, the Volta Region of Ghan...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:70d8bfa7cca64fc8a9d06bbd89ae4cc2 2024-09-09T19:26:19+00:00 The Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis in Ghana: A Five-Year Single Urban Site Parallel Population-Based Analysis vis-à-vis the Sentinel Survey James Osei-Yeboah Sylvester Yao Lokpo Francis Abeku Ussher Verner Ndudiri Orish Abdul-Wahab Mawuko Hamid Mavis Puopelle Dakorah Tibemponi Ntoni Emmanuel Agbeko Nani Felix Ayroe Daniel Adigbli 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6574731 https://doaj.org/article/70d8bfa7cca64fc8a9d06bbd89ae4cc2 EN eng Wiley http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6574731 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9686 https://doaj.org/toc/1687-9694 1687-9686 1687-9694 doi:10.1155/2018/6574731 https://doaj.org/article/70d8bfa7cca64fc8a9d06bbd89ae4cc2 Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 2018 (2018) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6574731 2024-08-05T17:48:39Z The study was aimed at comparing the estimation of the burden and trends (2012–2016) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis infections by the national Sentinel Survey vis-à-vis the use of population-based studies at a single urban site (Municipal Hospital) in Ho, the Volta Region of Ghana. Using blood donors as a proxy of the asymptomatic adult population, a retrospective analysis of secondary data on HIV and Syphilis testing was conducted using Ho Municipal Hospital’s archives comprising 4,180 prospective blood donors. Published reports from the National Sentinel Survey for the Ho Sentinel Site comprising 2,452 pregnant women from 2012 to 2016 were used. The cumulative prevalence of HIV and Syphilis infections in the population-based survey was 4.78% and 2.58% while the epidemiology was estimated at 2.75% and 0.24% by the Sentinel Survey for the five-year under review. The new HIV and Syphilis infections were 3.78% and 2.46% in the population-based survey compared to 2.64% and 0.23% in the Sentinel Survey. Gender cumulative prevalence and the yearly trend was found to be higher in the general population compared to the pregnant women. The use of pregnant women to estimate the HIV and Syphilis epidemiology might not be representative of the general population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic The Sentinel ENVELOPE(73.317,73.317,-52.983,-52.983) Journal of Tropical Medicine 2018 1 7 |
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The study was aimed at comparing the estimation of the burden and trends (2012–2016) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis infections by the national Sentinel Survey vis-à-vis the use of population-based studies at a single urban site (Municipal Hospital) in Ho, the Volta Region of Ghana. Using blood donors as a proxy of the asymptomatic adult population, a retrospective analysis of secondary data on HIV and Syphilis testing was conducted using Ho Municipal Hospital’s archives comprising 4,180 prospective blood donors. Published reports from the National Sentinel Survey for the Ho Sentinel Site comprising 2,452 pregnant women from 2012 to 2016 were used. The cumulative prevalence of HIV and Syphilis infections in the population-based survey was 4.78% and 2.58% while the epidemiology was estimated at 2.75% and 0.24% by the Sentinel Survey for the five-year under review. The new HIV and Syphilis infections were 3.78% and 2.46% in the population-based survey compared to 2.64% and 0.23% in the Sentinel Survey. Gender cumulative prevalence and the yearly trend was found to be higher in the general population compared to the pregnant women. The use of pregnant women to estimate the HIV and Syphilis epidemiology might not be representative of the general population. |
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James Osei-Yeboah Sylvester Yao Lokpo Francis Abeku Ussher Verner Ndudiri Orish Abdul-Wahab Mawuko Hamid Mavis Puopelle Dakorah Tibemponi Ntoni Emmanuel Agbeko Nani Felix Ayroe Daniel Adigbli |
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The Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis in Ghana: A Five-Year Single Urban Site Parallel Population-Based Analysis vis-à-vis the Sentinel Survey |
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The Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis in Ghana: A Five-Year Single Urban Site Parallel Population-Based Analysis vis-à-vis the Sentinel Survey |
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The Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis in Ghana: A Five-Year Single Urban Site Parallel Population-Based Analysis vis-à-vis the Sentinel Survey |
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The Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis in Ghana: A Five-Year Single Urban Site Parallel Population-Based Analysis vis-à-vis the Sentinel Survey |
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The Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Syphilis in Ghana: A Five-Year Single Urban Site Parallel Population-Based Analysis vis-à-vis the Sentinel Survey |
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epidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and syphilis in ghana: a five-year single urban site parallel population-based analysis vis-à-vis the sentinel survey |
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