Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine
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Maria Eduarda Costa Calú

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• Research Article
  Prevalence of Gestational and Congenital Syphilis in Brazil in the Last 15 Years
  Author(s): Deborah Rose Galvao Dantas, Hanna Sthefanie Tavares Barros, Lauriston Fláviodos Santos Maia Filho, Luiza Di Credico Paranhos, Maria Eduarda Costa Calú, Natalia Tetemann Vilarim, Thamiris Miranda Granja and Renné Cunha da Silva Deborah Rose Galvao Dantas, Hanna Sthefanie Tavares Barros, Lauriston Fláviodos Santos Maia Filho, Luiza Di Credico Paranhos, Maria Eduarda Costa Calú, Natalia Tetemann Vilarim, Thamiris Miranda Granja and Renné Cunha da Silva
  
  Introduction: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease with a great impact in public health which can also occur in maternal and congenital forms. The vertical transmission of syphilis, when not early prevented, can bring repercussions to the fetus, with transmission rates reflecting the quality of prenatal care. Objective: Demonstrate maternal and congenital syphilis prevalence and/or incidence in Brazil in the last 15 years. Methods: A Systematic Review Study, for which were searched cross-sectional and cohort complete scientific articles about maternal and congenital syphilis prevalence in Brazil in the last 15 years, using the descriptors: “prevalence”, “syphilis in pregnant women”, “congenital syphilis”, “Brazil” in Portuguese and its English correspondents in virtua.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-8731.1000184

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