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13.5 HIV AND HSV-2 PREVALENCE BY SYPHILIS STATUSFigure 13.5a Prevalence of HIV, HSV-2 and both infections by syphilis status amongadults aged 15-64 years, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.8071.560Percent (%)40207.016.934.95.715.90% infected with HIV % infected with HSV-2 % infected with HIV &HSV-2Syphilis UninfectedSyphilis InfectedFigure 13.5a Infection with HIV, HSV-2 or both was significantly greater amongpeople infected with syphilis than among those not infected with syphilis.Persons with syphilis were significantly more likely to be infected with HIV, HSV‐2 or bothcompared to persons who were uninfected with syphilis. Among persons with syphilis, 16.9%were infected with HIV, compared to only 7.0% of those not infected with syphilis. The greatmajority of those with syphilis were also infected withHSV‐2 (71.5%) compared to 34.9% of those withoutsyphilis. The prevalence of co‐infection with both HIVand HSV‐2 was 15.9% among those with syphilis and5.7% among those without.Among personsinfected with syphilis,HIV prevalence was16.9% and prevalenceof HSV-2 was 71.5%Of the 7.1% of adults aged 15‐64 years infected withHIV, a significantly higher percentage had syphiliscompared to HIV‐uninfected adults (4.2% vs. 1.6%, respectively). In particular, syphilis infectionwas four times more prevalent among HIV‐infected men (6.4%) compared to HIV‐uninfected men(1.6%). This association was also significant.Among the 35.1% of adults aged 15‐64 years infected with HSV‐2, a significantly higherpercentage had syphilis compared to HSV2‐uninfected adults (3.6% vs. 0.79%, respectively). Inthis survey we were unable to determine whether a person was first infected with HIV, HSV‐2 orsyphilis.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 238

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