Analysis on syphilis test results in 12 757 employees in public places / 国际检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the infection situation of syphilis among the employees in public places in Nanning city and its epidemiological features.Methods 12 757 hematological specimens from the employees in public places in Nanning city were collected.The toluidine red unheated serum test(TRUST)was adopted for screening syphilis and the syphilis infectors confirmed by the positive result in treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay(TPPA)were analyzed.Results Among 12 757 research subjects,253 cases were confirmed the syphilis positive with the positive rate of 1.98%.By means of the χ2-test for the comparison among groups,4 319 cases were males with the positive the rate of 2.92%,while 8 438 cases were females with the positive the rate of 1.51%,the difference between them was statistical significance(χ2 =29.925,P <0.01);the research subjects were divided into 4 age groups,in the age 7-29 years,9 209 cases were positive with the positive rate of 0.90%;the age 30-<40 years,2480 cases were positive with the positive rate of 4.84%;the age 40-<50 years,890 cases were positive with the positive rate of 5.17%;the age 50-<70 years,178 cases were positive with the positive rate of 2.25%,the differences among the various age groups had sta-tistical significance(χ2 =205.9966,P <0.01).The age 40-<50 years group had the highest syphilis positive rate,followed by the age 30-<40 years group,and the age 17-29 years group had the lowest syphilis positive rate.Conclusion The persons aged 30-49 years are the highest risk population of syphilis infection.The comprehensive measures should be taken to prevent the syphilis infection and transmission.