A double-edged sword: does highly active antiretroviral therapy contribute to syphilis incidence by impairing immunity to Treponema pallidum?

BACKGROUND AND HYPOTHESIS: Recently, the world has experienced a rapidly escalating outbreak of infectious syphilis primarily affecting men who have sex with men (MSM); many are taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for HIV-1 infection. The prevailing hypothesis is that HAART availabil...

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Autores principales: Rekart, Michael L, Ndifon, Wilfred, Brunham, Robert C, Dushoff, Jonathan, Park, Sang Woo, Rawat, Sanjana, Cameron, Caroline E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5537507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28093460
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2016-052870

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