According to a new study, being black, IV drug use and infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) each increased the risk for syphilis in women with HIV by twofold, and these women should be tested regularly for the disease. The results were presented at CROI 2019.
Jodie Dionne-Odom, MD, found an annual incidence of syphilis of 760 cases per 100,000 person-years among women receiving HIV care at urban U.S. centers from 2005 through 2016. Intravenous drug use, HCV coinfection and race were