Antiretroviral therapy is associated with reduced serologic failure rates for syphilis among HIV-infected patients.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on July 15, 2008

Authors

Khalil G Ghanem1, Richard D Moore, Anne M Rompalo, Emily J Erbelding, Jonathan M Zenilman, Kelly A Gebo

Author Affiliations

1: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA. kghanem@jhmi.edu

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