High prevalence of syphilis in parturient women and congenital syphilis cases in public maternities in Salvador-Bahia, Brazil

BJOG. 2018 Sep;125(10):1212-1214. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.15304. Epub 2018 Jul 2.

Authors

L Vargas¹, S Amaral¹, M Arriaga¹, M Sarno², C Brites¹

Affiliations

¹ LAPI, Laboratório de Pesquisa em Infectologia, Complexo Hospitalar Prof. Edgard Santos, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.

PMID: 29802689
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15304

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anemia, Neonatal / epidemiology
Anemia, Neonatal / microbiology
Bacterial Load
Brazil / epidemiology
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Jaundice, Neonatal / epidemiology
Jaundice, Neonatal / microbiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
Prenatal Care
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sexual Partners
Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
Syphilis / epidemiology*
Syphilis / prevention & control
Syphilis / transmission*
Syphilis, Congenital / epidemiology*
Thrombocytopenia, Neonatal Alloimmune / epidemiology
Thrombocytopenia, Neonatal Alloimmune / microbiology