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<journal-id>0120-4157</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Biomédica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Biomédica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-4157</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Salud]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-41572019000500163</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7705/biomedica.v39i1.4245</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Serorreacción y prevalencia de sífilis en donantes de un banco de sangre de Barranquilla, Colombia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Seroreactivity and prevalence of syphilis in donors at a blood bank in Barranquilla, Colombia]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Garcés]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Macías-Vidal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Michael]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Maestre-Serrano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ronald]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Navarro-Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo Ávila-De la Hoz1, Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bula-Viecco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Johan]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ricaurte-Barrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lisbeth]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Banco Nacional de Sangre  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Simón Bolívar Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>39</volume>
<fpage>163</fpage>
<lpage>171</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-41572019000500163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-41572019000500163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-41572019000500163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción. La sífilis es una enfermedad de interés en salud pública por sus elevadas tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad.  Objetivo. Determinar la serorreacción y la seroprevalencia de sífilis según las variables sociodemográficas de los donantes de un banco de sangre del distrito de Barranquilla, Colombia, durante 2015 y 2016.  Materiales y métodos. Se hizo un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal basado en los resultados de las pruebas treponémicas y no treponémicas. Se analizaron las variables sociodemográficas de la población estudiada y se hizo un análisis univariado en el que se determinaron las frecuencias absoluta y relativa de cada una de las variables categóricas. Se determinó la serorreacción a Treponema pallidum y la prevalencia de la infección activa. Se utilizó la prueba de ji al cuadrado de Pearson para evaluar las diferencias entre las proporciones.  Resultados. Se encontró una serorreacción de 1,86 % para la infección previa con T. pallidum y una prevalencia de 0,93 % para la infección activa, las cuales fueron más altas en hombres adultos y en adultos mayores, viudos, desempleados y personas residentes en otros municipios del departamento de Atlántico diferentes de Barranquilla y su área metropolitana. Se encontró una asociación significativa entre la sífilis y las variables de sexo y ocupación.  Conclusión. Se registró una serorreacción elevada a T. pallidum en donantes de sangre, comparada con el promedio nacional. Se encontró asociación entre la sífilis, y las variables sociodemográficas de sexo y ocupación, principalmente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Syphilis is a public health concern given its high impact on morbidity and mortality.  Objective: We aimed to determine the association of syphilis seroreactivity and seroprevalence with sociodemographic variables of donors at a blood bank in the district of Barranquilla, Colombia, during 2015 and 2016.  Materials and methods: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study based on the results of the treponemal and nontreponemal tests and the sociodemographic variables of the study population. We performed a univariate analysis to determine the absolute and relative frequencies for each categorical variable. We determined the seroreactivity against Treponema pallidum and the prevalence of active syphilis infection, and we used Pearson&#8217;s chi-square test to evaluate the differences between the proportions.  Results: We found a seroreactivity of 1.86% in individuals with previous T. pallidum infection, and a prevalence of 0.93% in those with active T. pallidum infection. These values were higher in adult men and older adults, widowers, the unemployed, and people living in municipalities of the Department of Atlántico other than Barranquilla and its metropolitan area. The incidence of syphilis infection showed a significant association with sex and occupation.  Conclusion: In comparison to the national average, syphilis seroreactivity was high among blood donors. There was an association between syphilis infection incidence and sociodemographic variables such as sex and occupation.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sífilis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Treponema pallidum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[donantes de sangre]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estudios seroepidemiológicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[bancos de sangre]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Syphilis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Treponema pallidum]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[blood donors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[seroepidemiologic studies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[blood banks]]></kwd>
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