Table 1

Distribution of the syphilis test result by HIV status as determined by the reference method, southern Ethiopia, 2014

HIV-reference
Syphilis-reference PositiveNegativeTotal
TPHAPositive671885
Negative5941100
Total12659185
  • Syphilis reference method, TPHA; HIV reference method, KHB/STAT-PAK/Unigold algorithm+ELISA.

  • KHB, Shenghai Kehua Bioengineering; TPHA, Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay.