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Pregnant women aged 15\u201349\u00a0years ( n = 3015) were recruited consecutively, interviewed, and tested for syphilis by Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test in eight selected ANC sites representing all districts of Meghalaya.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prevalence of syphilis was found to be 1.03 % (95% CI = 0.67\u20131.39) (31\/3015). Prevalence was maximum among illiterates with gradual lowering of adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with improvement of education. Women whose husbands had no income were associated with higher risk (AOR = 4.97, 95% CI = 1.11\u201322.20) of syphilis. Significant risk (OR = 2.42, 95% CI = 1.02\u20135.74) was also observed with Jaintia Hills residents as compared to Garo Hills.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>As high prevalence of gestational syphilis was identified in Meghalaya along with important sociodemographic predictors, evidence to policy translation is required at state and national level to scale up prevention, screening, and management of syphilis<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/09564624211054940","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,1]],"date-time":"2021-12-01T21:21:45Z","timestamp":1638393705000},"page":"173-179","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Prevalence of syphilis infection and associated sociodemographic factors among antenatal-care attendees in Meghalaya, India: Revisiting HIV Sentinel Surveillance data"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Subrata","family":"Biswas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Virology, ICMR- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Piyali","family":"Ghosh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Virology, ICMR- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Falguni","family":"Debnath","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Epidemiology, ICMR- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3439-7475","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Debjit","family":"Chakraborty","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Epidemiology, ICMR- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6525-6179","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Malay Kumar","family":"Saha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Virology, ICMR- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6897-7390","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shanta","family":"Dutta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Bacteriology, ICMR- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease, Kolkata, West Bengal, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-09564624211054940","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3844\/ajidsp.2006.28.35"},{"key":"bibr2-09564624211054940","volume-title":"Cecil Textbook of Medicine","author":"Hook EW","year":"2004","edition":"22"},{"key":"bibr3-09564624211054940","first-page":"276","volume-title":"Principleand Practice of Infectious Disease","author":"Tramont E","year":"2005"},{"key":"bibr4-09564624211054940","first-page":"335","volume":"31","author":"Olokoba AB","year":"2009","journal-title":"EurJ Sci Res"},{"key":"bibr5-09564624211054940","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pmed.1001396"},{"key":"bibr6-09564624211054940","unstructured":"WHO. 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