Publications

syphilis in pregnant women in mozambique.	to establish the prevalence of syphilis in pregnant women in mozambique and evaluate present diagnostic methods, 1468 pregnant women in eight of the country's 10 provinces were examined using the venereal disease research laboratory (vdrl) test. positive serum samples were also analysed using the treponema pallidum haemagglutination (tpha) assay and one group was also analysed using the fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed (fta-abs) test. the prevalence of vdrl seroreactivity was found to be ...	1985	3910543
igm-antibodies against t. pallidum detected in sera from mothers of stillborn babies in mozambique by the solid-phase haemadsorption assay (spha).	serum samples taken at the delivery from 27 syphilitic mothers in mozambique, 16 with stillborn babies and 11 with healthy babies were tested upon presence of igm antibodies against t. pallidum by the solid-phase haemadsorption assay (spha). fourteen out of the 16 serum samples from mothers with stillborn babies but only one out of the 11 samples from mothers with healthy babies were found positive by the spha test. clinical signs indicative of syphilis are difficult to find in the maputo area a ...	1992	1391061
prevalence of syphilis infection in mozambican women with second trimester miscarriage and women attending antenatal care in second trimester.	to elucidate whether recent syphilis infection is significantly more prevalent among women with mid-trimester miscarriage than among antenatal care attenders in midtrimester pregnancy.	1993	8282294
syphilis seroprevalence among pregnant women and its role as a risk factor for stillbirth in maputo, mozambique.	to elucidate the role of current syphilis as a risk factor for foetal death.	1996	8976849
treatment of latent syphilis in hiv-infected patients with 10 d of benzylpenicillin g benethamine: a prospective study in maputo, mozambique.	neurosyphilis has been reported in hiv-infected patients previously treated with penicillin g benzathine, which does not achieve treponemicidal levels in cerebrospinal fluid. therapy combining benzylpenicillin g and its repository form benzylpenicillin g benethamine could be a potentially effective alternative enhanced regimen for treating latent syphilis in hiv-infected patients because peak serum and cerebrospinal fluid concentrations would be achieved early post-administration by the former m ...	2002	12064687