Spatiotemporal dynamics of syphilis in pregnant women and congenital syphilis in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to estimate the occurrence of syphilis in pregnant women (SPW) and congenital syphilis (CS) in the municipalities of the state of São Paulo (SP) and evaluate their relationship with socioeconomic, demographic, and health care variables. We developed an ecological study based on secondary data of SPW and CS with spatiotemporal components from 645 municipalities in SP including data from 2007 to 2018. We modeled the data in a Bayesian context, considered spatial and temporal random effects, and used binomial negative probability distributions. We found a continuous increase in the relative temporal risk of SPW, from 2007 to 2018, and CS, from 2007 to 2017, when their incidences increased by 8.6 and 6.6 times, respectively. This increase occurred en bloc in practically all municipali

SUBMITTER: Medeiros JAR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8755837 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature