Syphilis among pregnant women in Northeast Brazil from 2008 to 2015: a trend analysis according to sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

The number of syphilis cases among pregnant women in Brazil has increased. This study aimed to analyze the temporal trend of syphilis indicators among pregnant women in Northeast Brazil. A time-series study was performed. We observed an increase in the detection rate of syphilis among pregnant women...

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Published inRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Vol. 53; p. e20190199
Main Authors Mélo, Kathleen Cézar de, Santos, Aisla Graciele Galdino Dos, Brito, Alyne Barbosa, Aquino, Saulo Henrique Salgueiro de, Alencar, Érika Tenório Dos Santos, Duarte, Elena Maria da Silva, Machado, Michael Ferreira, Araújo, Maria Deysiane Porto de, Paiva, João Paulo Silva de, Carmo, Rodrigo Feliciano do, Leal, Thiago Cavalcanti, Silva Junior, Adeilton Gonçalves da, Silva, Leonardo Feitosa da, Correira, Divanise Suruagy, Santos, Victor Santana, Souza, Carlos Dornels Freire de
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Published Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 01.01.2020
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Brazil - epidemiology
Child
Ecological Studies
Epidemiology
Family Practice - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology
Pregnant Women
Prenatal Care
Short Communication
Socioeconomic Factors
Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Syphilis
Syphilis - epidemiology
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Young Adult
Brazil
Ecological Studies
Epidemiology
Syphilis
Pregnant Women
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Summary:The number of syphilis cases among pregnant women in Brazil has increased. This study aimed to analyze the temporal trend of syphilis indicators among pregnant women in Northeast Brazil. A time-series study was performed. We observed an increase in the detection rate of syphilis among pregnant women, those aged 15-19 years, and those of brown ethnicity. A strong correlation was observed between the detection rate of syphilis and family health strategy coverage. Despite an increase in primary care coverage, The increase in cases of syphilis among pregnant women is still considered a challenge.
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Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
Authors’ contribution: KCM: Conception and design of the study, Acquisition of data; SHSA: Conception and design of the study, Analysis and interpretation of data; ABB: Conception and design of the study, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be submitted; AGGS, ETS, MFM, RFC, MDPA, JPSP, TCL, LFS, DSC, VSS and CDFS: Conception and design of the study, Analysis and interpretation of data, Final approval of the version to be submitted.
ISSN:0037-8682
1678-9849
1678-9849
DOI:10.1590/0037-8682-0199-2019