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Limited syphilis testing for key populations in Zimbabwe: A silent public health threat

In this article, the authors discuss the problem of high prevalences of active syphilis amongst key populations (KPs) in Zimbabwe, in combination with low testing rates, partly because of a difficult legal and social environment for these populations. The article highlights the need to develop strat...

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Autores principales:	Dzobo, Mathias, Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa, Murewanhema, Grant, Madziva, Roda, Herrera, Helena, Musuka, Godfrey
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS 2022
Materias:	Opinion Paper
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9257705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35815225 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajid.v37i1.385

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