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Table 1 Syphilis prevalence among female sex workers in three countryside cities of the state of Pará, Amazon region of Brazil

From: Prevalence of syphilis in female sex workers in three countryside cities of the state of Pará, Brazilian Amazon

Cities

Overall sample

Syphilis

Negative

Positive

n

%

n

%

n

%

95% CI

Augusto Corrêa

32

17.4

25

78.1

7

21.9

17.6–26.7

Barcarena

94

51.1

83

88.3

11

11.7

7.7–15.8

Bragança

58

31.5

50

86.2

8

13.8

10.1–19.0

Total

184

100

158

85.9

26

14.1

9.8–17.8

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval; Syphilis positive, participants who tested positive in both, venereal disease research laboratory and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Treponema pallidum
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