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

• Published in: Journal of Tropical Medicine
• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; The Sentinel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/6574731; https://doaj.org/article/70d8bfa7cca64fc8a9d06bbd89ae4cc2

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...