Table 2 Seroprevalence of syphilis in 505 pregnant women at the antenatal clinics of two Government‐owned hospitals in Osogbo, Southwestern Nigeria.

	Quantitative	RPR +ve (%)	TPHA +ve (%)	TPHA –ve (%)
LAUTECH Teaching Hospital (220 patients)	1:2	14 (6.4)	2 (0.9)	12 (5.5)
	1:4	4 (1.8)	1 (0.5)	3 (1.4)
	1:8	5 (2.3)	5 (2.3)	0
Subtotal		23 (10.5)	8 (3.6)	15 (6.8)
State Specialist Hospital (285 patients)	1:2	18 (6.3)	0	18 (6.3)
	1:4	3 (1.1)	1 (0.4)	2 (0.7)
	1:8	6 (2.1)	6 (2.1)	0
Subtotal		27 (9.5)	7 (2.5)	20 (7.0)
Total (505 patients)		50 (9.9)	15 (2.97)	35 (6.9)