High prevalence of co-infections with latent tuberculosis, syphilis and hepatitis B and C among people with HIV in Ghana: A call for integrating screening into routine care

Authors

• Helena Lamptey, University of Ghana
• James Odame Aboagye, University of Ghana
• Christopher Zaab-Yen Abana, University of Ghana
• Anthony Twumasi Boateng, University of Ghana
• Ephraim Mawufemor Kofi Kanda, University of Ghana
• Dzidzor Aku Attoh, University of Ghana
• Araba Abaidoo-Myles, University of Ghana
• Charlotte Borteley Bortey, University of Ghana
• Jonathan Klutse, University of Ghana
• Peter Puplampu, University of Ghana
• Gloria Ansa, University of Ghana Hospital
• Vincent Jessey Ganu, University of Ghana
• Joseph Oliver-Commey, LEKMA Hospital
• Evelyn Yayra Bonney, University of Ghana
• George Boateng Kyei, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

AIDS research and therapy

Publication Date

6-10-2025

Volume

22

Issue

1

First Page

61

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1186/s12981-025-00756-2

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Lamptey, H., Aboagye, J.O., Zaab-Yen Abana, C. et al. High prevalence of co-infections with latent tuberculosis, syphilis and hepatitis B and C among people with HIV in Ghana: a call for integrating screening into routine care. AIDS Res Ther 22, 61 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-025-00756-2 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which permits any non-commercial use, sharing, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if you modified the licensed material. You do not have permission under this licence to share adapted material derived from this article or parts of it. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

Recommended Citation

Lamptey, Helena; Aboagye, James Odame; Zaab-Yen Abana, Christopher; Boateng, Anthony Twumasi; Kanda, Ephraim Mawufemor Kofi; Attoh, Dzidzor Aku; Abaidoo-Myles, Araba; Bortey, Charlotte Borteley; Klutse, Jonathan; Puplampu, Peter; Ansa, Gloria; Ganu, Vincent Jessey; Oliver-Commey, Joseph; Bonney, Evelyn Yayra; and Kyei, George Boateng, "High prevalence of co-infections with latent tuberculosis, syphilis and hepatitis B and C among people with HIV in Ghana: A call for integrating screening into routine care." AIDS research and therapy. 22, 1. 61 (2025).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/6764

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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