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Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol
; 2002 Sep-Oct; 68(5): 275-8
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-51982
ABSTRACT
Total 457 patients attending different STD clinics of Calcutta were studied for serological tests for STD. TPHA positivity was maximum (18.60%), followed by chlamydia infection (15.97%), VDRL reactivity (8.98%), HIV infection (6.35%), and HBs Ag (3.72%). Total 37.20% samples were positive for one or more infection. Out of these, one, two, three and four tests positivity was seen in 65.29%, 25.88%, 8.24% and 0.59% respectively. The age group which had maximum infection (20.13%) was 15-30 years.