Seroprevalence of Treponema pallidum Antibodies among Blood Donors in a Tertiary Hospital in South-South Nigeria
Kingsley Akaba, Olukayode Oshatuyi, Marcus Inyama, Obinna Iheanacho, Freeman Jabengo, Chisom Ntomchukwu, Essien U. Ekpeyong, Offiong A. Bassey & Anthony N. Kokelu · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2018
Background: Treponema pallidum is well-known for its immune-evasiveness and invasiveness, its spirochaete has a long latent period in which individuals present no signs or symptoms and still could be infectious. In spite of the available effective treatment, the development of su...
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10.9734/JAMMR/2018/41574