Congenital Syphilis in Valera, Venezuela

Congenital Syphilis in Valera, Venezuela

Congenital syphilis still poses a significant public health problem in many countries of the world. We studied epidemiology of syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women and their newborns during a 5-year period at a general hospital in Valera, western Venezuela finding...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 2007-08, Vol.53 (4), p.274-277
Hauptverfasser: Vásquez-Manzanilla, Omira, Dickson-Gonzalez, Sonia M., Salas, Jose G., Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J., Arria, Melissa
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the genital system
Biological and medical sciences
congenital
Epidemiology. Vaccinations
Female
General aspects
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - statistics & numerical data
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Pregnancy
sexually transmitted infections
syphilis
Syphilis, Congenital - complications
Syphilis, Congenital - epidemiology
Syphilis, Congenital - transmission
Venezuela - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Congenital syphilis still poses a significant public health problem in many countries of the world. We studied epidemiology of syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women and their newborns during a 5-year period at a general hospital in Valera, western Venezuela finding a high incidence of disease among those newborns from infected mothers.
ISSN:0142-6338
1465-3664
DOI:10.1093/tropej/fmm025