Mother-to-child transmission and gestational syphilis: Spatial-temporal epidemiology and demographics in a Brazilian region.

ABSTRACT: Syphilis is a Sexually Transmitted Infection (IST) with significant importance to public health, due to its impact during pregnancy (Gestational Syphilis-GS); especially because syphilis can affect fetus and neonates' development (mother-to-child transmission-MTCT of syphilis), by increasing susceptibility to abortion, premature birth, skeletal malformations, meningitis and pneumonia. Measures to control and eliminate MTCT of syphilis have failed on the last few years in Brazil and this research aimed to identify the seasonality of notified cases of syphilis in a region of São Paulo state. The studied region, Pontal do Paranapanema, comprises 32 cities located in the West of São Paulo state, in Brazil. Data collected from the National System of Aggravations and Notification (SINAN) website

SUBMITTER: Marinho de Souza J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6383870 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature