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13.6 GAPS AND UNMET NEEDS• Patients tested for syphilis, and particularly those with found to beseropositive, should also be screened for HIV infection.• Initial clinical evaluation for HIV offers an opportunity to screen patients forsyphilis. Screening and treating HIV-infected adults for syphilis is one way toprevent progression to neurosyphilis and to reduce risk of transmittingsyphilis or HIV to sexual partners or unborn babies.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 239

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