Syphilis and HIV-1 among parturient women in Salvador, Brazil: low prevalence of syphilis and high rate of loss to follow-up in HIV-infected women.

While the epidemic is leveling off in some South and Southeast Brazilian states, there is a clear trend toward increasing incidence of HIV-1 infection in the poorer areas of the country, specially in the North and Northeast regions. 1 Recent epidemiologic trends indicate that the infection is leaving the larger cities and reaching small towns and villages, affecting primarily women, and individuals w

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