Sy. Anagonou et al., PREVALENCE OF TREPONEMATOSIS AMONG PREGNA NT-WOMEN IN COTONOU (BENIN), Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 86(5), 1993, pp. 342-344
A study of frequency of treponematosis among pregnant women in Mother
Hood of Zogbo (Cotonou) shows 5.1 +/- 2.8 % of positivity with risk of
5 % by TPHA and VDRL. The low level of endemicity, associated with th
e absence of cutaneous lesions of treponematosis in Cotonou may corres
pond to a syphilis infection. This study points out the necessity to s
trenghten the struggle against the all other sexually transmitted dise
ases (MST) in the same way that the HIV infection in Benin.