Single-test syphilis serology: A case of not seeing the forest for the trees

There have been few empirical studies for diagnostic test accuracy of syphilis using a sequence of rapid tests in populations with low prevalence of syphilis such as pregnant women. This analysis describes syphilis test positivity frequency among pregnant women at an antenatal clinic in Zambia using...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 19; no. 5; p. e0303253
Main Authors:	Zulu, Ethan Mabvuto, Herlihy, Julie M., Duffy, Cassandra R., Mwananyanda, Lawrence, Chilengi, Roma, Forman, Leah, Heeren, Tim, Gill, Christopher J., Chavuma, Roy, Payne-Lohman, Barbara, Thea, Donald M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 09.05.2024 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adult Algorithms Analysis Antibiotics Antibodies Antimicrobial agents Availability Biology and Life Sciences Cohort analysis Congenital diseases Consent Diagnosis Diagnostic tests Enzymes Female Health aspects HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Immunoassay Infections Laboratories Mass Screening - methods Medical research Medicine and Health Sciences Medicine, Experimental Methods Penicillin Penicillin G People and Places Plasma Populations Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology Pregnant women Reagin Serodiagnosis Serology Sexually transmitted diseases Socioeconomic factors STD Syphilis Syphilis - blood Syphilis - diagnosis Syphilis - epidemiology Syphilis Serodiagnosis - methods Treponema pallidum - immunology Womens health Young Adult Zambia - epidemiology Zambia
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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