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TABLE 6.

Coinfections detected by the multiplex assay

Diagnosis	Nature of clinical material	Sampling date	Multiplex molecular detection^a				Syphilis serology^b		HIV status^c
Diagnosis	Nature of clinical material	Sampling date	TPA	HSV-1	HSV-2	LGV	NTT	TT	HIV status^c
Primary syphilis	Genital	27 February 2013	Pos	Pos			32	Pos	Neg
		5 March 2013	Pos	Pos			4	Pos	nr
		28 March 2013	Pos	Pos			16	Pos	Neg
		7 July 2016	Pos	Pos			8	Pos	Neg
	Anal	25 February 2011	Pos	Pos			256	Pos	Pos
		17 September 2012	Pos		Pos		Neg	Pos	nr
		24 January 2013	Pos	Pos	Pos		32	Pos	Neg
Secondary syphilis	Genital	18 February 2013	Pos	Pos			32	Pos	Neg
	Anal	6 May 2013	Pos		Pos		8	Pos	Pos
	Buccal	13 February 2013	Pos	Pos			32	Pos	Pos
		14 February 2013	Pos	Pos			16	Pos	Pos
		22 April 2016	Pos	Pos			32	Pos	nr

TPA, T. pallidum; HSV-1, herpes simplex virus 1; HSV-2, herpes simplex virus type 2; LGV, lymphogranuloma venereum, Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L.

NTT, nontreponemal test (VDRL or RPR); TT, treponemal test (TPHA, chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay [CMIA], or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA]).

HIV status was determined by ELISA. Neg, HIV negative; Pos, HIV positive; nr, not recorded.