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Table 2 HIV testing, syphilis testing, and related public health capacity at 8 STI clinics in South China

From: Integrated syphilis/HIV screening in China: a qualitative analysis

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Syphilis Nontreponem Test/price/turnaround time

Syphilis Treponemal Test

Free syphilis treatment

HIV ELISA/price/turnaround time

One-on-one rooms

Counseling

Reporting to official system

Referral of HIV+ to local CDC

1

RPR/free/several hours

Rapid test/free/minutes

Yes

Yes/$9/same day

Yes

Free VCT

Yes

Yes

2

RPR/free/several hours

Rapid test/free/minutes

Yes

Yes/$11/same day

Yes

None

Yes

Yes

3

RPR/$7/several hours

TPPA/$5/several hours

No

Yes/$10/several hours

Yes

None

Yes

Yes

4

RPR/$5/3 days

TPPA/$3/3 days

No

Yes/$9/3 days

No

None

Yes

Yes

5

RPR/TPPA combined $7/several hours

No

Yes/$9/hours

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

6

RPR/$1.50/30 minutes

TPPA/$10/hours

No

Yes/$9/hours

Yes

None

Yes

Yes

7

none

Rapid test/$5/few minutes

No

Yes/$9/minutes

Yes

None

No

Yes

8

none

TRUST/$1.50/minutes

No

No

Yes

Limited on the phone

Yes

NA

  1. Abbreviations - RPR, rapid plasma reagin; TPPA, Treponema Pallidum particle agglutination; Treponema Pallidum haemagglutination test. FTA-Abs, fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed; VDRL, Venereal Disease Research Laboratory.