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Rapid diagnostic testing to improve access to screening for syphilis in prison

ContributorsMontaño, K; Flores, A; Villarroel-Torrico, M; Cossio, N; Salcedo-Meneses, A; Valencia-Rivero, C; Castro-Soto, R; Gétaz-Jiménez, G; Wolff, Hans; Bermúdez-Paredes, H; Getaz, Laurent
Published inRevista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria, vol. 20, no. 3, p. 81-86
Publication date2018
Abstract

Objectives: To assess the accuracy of on-site rapid treponemal test for syphilis diagnosis in women deprived of liberty in Bolivia. Material and methods: Serological tests for syphilis were performed on 219 women deprived of liberty from the San Sebastián prison in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Syphilis was diagnosed using RPR (bioMérieux) and TPPA (Fujirebio) serological tests, and the results were compared to on-site rapid treponemal test (Alere DetermineTM Syphilis TP) in whole blood. Diagnostic performance of two FTA tests were also compared (bioMérieux and Biocientífica).

Keywords
  • Adult
  • Biomarkers/blood
  • Bolivia
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening/instrumentation/methods
  • Prisons
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Syphilis/blood/diagnosis
  • Syphilis Serodiagnosis/instrumentation/methods
  • Syphilis
  • Serologic Tests
  • Reagent Strips
  • Diagnosis
  • Sensitivity And Specificity
  • Prisons
  • Vulnerable Populations
  • Women
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MONTAÑO, K et al. Rapid diagnostic testing to improve access to screening for syphilis in prison. In: Revista Espanola de Sanidad Penitenciaria, 2018, vol. 20, n° 3, p. 81–86.
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