SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF SYPHILIS IN 20-50 YEAR-OLD POPULATION OF BORDER AREAS OF ARDABIL PROVINCE

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SADEGHI HOMAYOUN; ARSHI SH.; HABIBZADEH SHAHRAM; MORTEZAZADEH A.; SAIFNEJAD SH.; ROHI A.; HEKMAT SH.; SHAHLAZADEH H.; SALEM SAFI P.

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Year:2007 | Volume:12 | Issue:36 Page(s): 75-79

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SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF SYPHILIS IN 20-50 YEAR-OLD POPULATION OF BORDER AREAS OF ARDABIL PROVINCE

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SYPHILISQ3

BORDER AREASQ3

ARDABILQ3

IRANQ2

PREVALENCEQ3

SERO-EPIDEMIOLOGYQ3

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Background and objective: In addition to changes in sexual behavior among adolescents in recent years, a high number of travels from ARDABIL province BORDER AREAS to newly independent republic countries (previous USSR) after the opening of borders, aroused the suspect in increased SYPHILIS PREVALENCE in these areas. Our aim was to study serologic PREVALENCE of SYPHILIS infection among residents of ARDABIL's BORDER AREAS with Azerbaijan republic.Materials and methods: This cross- sectional study was conducted in two phases: in the first phase, 2168 adults within 20-50 years of age were selected through 110 clusters (each including 10 households) then VDRL and RPR tests were done on serum taken from study subjects after an interview done by general practitioners. In second phase, 117 cases were sampled and then FTA- ABS Tests were done. Data collected were processed and analyzed by SPSS 11 statistical software.Results: 53.4% and 16% of samples were from Parsabad and Bilesavar districts respectively. 1311 of samples (59.6%) were from females and 887 of samples from (40.4%) to males. Mean for age of participants was 31.6±8.6 years (Mean±SD).In first phase, there were 14 cases with positive RPR test, 7cases with positive VDRL, and 15 cases positive through both tests. In second phase, there were 20 cases (17%) with positive FTA test from 117 sampled cases, including two persons with positive RPR and VDRL tests.Conclusion: Contrary to a low rate of acute SYPHILIS infection, life-time PREVALENCE of SYPHILIS infection was high.It is probable that positive cases, were due to primary and secondary transmissions, or even from triads of SYPHILIS transmission occurred in early times of opening the borders of newly independent republic countries (previous USSR) to IRANians.

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SADEGHI, HOMAYOUN, ARSHI, SH., HABIBZADEH, SHAHRAM, MORTEZAZADEH, A., SAIFNEJAD, SH., ROHI, A., HEKMAT, SH., SHAHLAZADEH, H., & SALEM SAFI, P.. (2007). SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF SYPHILIS IN 20-50 YEAR-OLD POPULATION OF BORDER AREAS OF ARDABIL PROVINCE. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND TROPICAL MEDICINE, 12(36), 75-79. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/52952/en

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SADEGHI HOMAYOUN, ARSHI SH., HABIBZADEH SHAHRAM, MORTEZAZADEH A., SAIFNEJAD SH., ROHI A., HEKMAT SH., SHAHLAZADEH H., SALEM SAFI P.. SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF SYPHILIS IN 20-50 YEAR-OLD POPULATION OF BORDER AREAS OF ARDABIL PROVINCE. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND TROPICAL MEDICINE[Internet]. 2007;12(36):75-79. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/52952/en

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HOMAYOUN SADEGHI, SH. ARSHI, SHAHRAM HABIBZADEH, A. MORTEZAZADEH, SH. SAIFNEJAD, A. ROHI, SH. HEKMAT, H. SHAHLAZADEH, and P. SALEM SAFI, “SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY OF SYPHILIS IN 20-50 YEAR-OLD POPULATION OF BORDER AREAS OF ARDABIL PROVINCE,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND TROPICAL MEDICINE, vol. 12, no. 36, pp. 75–79, 2007, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/52952/en

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