title: Declining prevalence rates of syphilis among police officers in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, 1990-2010.
abstract: We analyzed prevalence rates of syphilis (positive Treponema pallidum hemagglutinin antigen/T. pallidum particle antigen and venereal disease research laboratory test) among police officers in Guinea-Bissau from 1990 to 2010 and found a significant decline from 4.5% to 0.4% (P = 0.0065). Our results are in line with other recent reports from West Africa. More research is needed to identify the reasons for this decline.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Division of Infection Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden; †Department of Clinical Sciences, Infectious Diseases Research Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden; ‡National Public Health Laboratory, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa; §Department of Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; and ¶Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Division of Infection Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Jacob Lopatko
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lindman
authors.forename: Fredrik
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Månsson
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biague
authors.forename: Zacarias José
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.forename: Sören
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Norrgren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006169:Guinea-Bissau / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D016495:Police / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012309:Risk-Taking; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D014210:Treponema pallidum / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents