ObjetivO: descrever a prevalência e o perfil comportamental para infecções genitais em mulheres atendidas em uma Unidade Básica de Saúde em Vitória, Espírito Santo. MétOdOs: estudo em corte transversal, realizado em mulheres de 15 a 49 anos, atendidas numa área atendida pelo Programa Saúde da Família (PSF). Os critérios de exclusão foram: ter sido submetida a um exame ginecológico há menos de um ano e ter histórico de tratamento recente (nos últimos três meses) para infecções genitais. Foi aplicada entrevista contendo dados sócio-demográficos, clínicos e comportamentais. Espécimes genitais foram coletados para citologia, bacterioscopia pelo Gram e cultura; e amostra de urina para teste de biologia molecular para Chlamydia trachomatis. ResultadOs: participaram do estudo 299 mulheres. A mediana de idade foi de 30,0 (intervalo interquartil: 24;38) anos; a média de idade do primeiro coito foi de 17,3 (dp=3,6) anos. A média de idade da primeira gravidez foi de 19,2 (dp=3,9) anos. Aproximadamente 70% relataram até oito anos de escolaridade; 5% relataram infecção sexualmente transmissível prévia e 8% uso de drogas ilícitas. Somente 23,7% relataram uso consistente de preservativo. As queixas clínicas relatadas foram: úlcera genital (3%); disúria (7,7%); fluxo vaginal (46,6%); prurido (20%) e dor pélvica (18%). As taxas de prevalência foram: Chlamydia trachomatis com 7,4%; gonorréia 2%; tricomoníase 2%; vaginose bacteriana 21,3%; candidíase 9,3%; e alterações citológicas sugestivas de vírus 3,3%. No modelo final de regressão logística, os fatores independentemente associados a infecções genitais foram: muco cervical anormal, OR=9,7 (IC95%=5,6-13,7); realização de teste de HIV prévio, OR=6,5 (IC95%=4,0-8,9); ter mais de um parceiro no último ano, OR=3,9 (IC95%=2,7-5,0) e ter mais de um parceiro na vida, OR=4,7 (IC95%=2,4-6,8). COnClusÕes: os resultados mostram alta freqüência de infecções genitais e a necessidade de medidas de prevenção, como o rastreamento de infecções sexualmente transmissíveis e programas de redução de risco em mulheres que procuram o serviço ginecológico de rotina. AbstractPuRPOse: to describe the prevalence and behavioral profile of genital infections in women attended at a Primary Health Unit in Vitoria, ES. MethOds: a transversal study including 14 to 49-year-old women attended by the Family Health Program (FHP). Exclusion criteria were: having been submitted to gynecological examination in less than one year before, and history of recent treatment (in the last three months) for genital infections. An interview including socio-demographic, clinical and behavioral data was applied. Genital specimens were collected for cytology, GRAM bacterioscopy and culture, and urine sample for molecular biological test for Chlamydia trachomatis. Results: two hundred and ninetynine women took part in the study. The median age was 30.0 (interquartile interval: 24;38) years old; the average age of the first intercourse was 17.3 (sd=3.6) years old. The first pregnancy average age was 19.2 (3.9) years old. About 70% r...

OBJECTIVE:To describe HIV prevalence in pregnant women and the rate of vertical transmission according to socioeconomic status of residential neighborhoods. METHODS:Ecological exploratory study, which used the Information System of Notifi able Diseases database on HIV-positive pregnant women and AIDS in children, reported from 2000 to 2006, in Vitória, Southeastern Brazil. For analysis of socioeconomic data the Urban Quality Index was utilized The HIV prevalence rate in pregnant women and vertical transmission rate were calculated. Spatial distribution was carried out by Terraview 3.2.0. To verify the association between urban quality and HIV prevalence in pregnant women, Poisson regression was used. RESULTS:A total of 137 HIV-positive women and 14 children infected by vertical transmission was reported. Seven children matched to HIV-positive mothers without notifi cation in the period analyzed. HIV prevalence among pregnant women in the period was 0.44%, and the vertical transmission rate was 9.7%. CONCLUSIONS:The prevalence of HIV infection among pregnant women and vertical transmission were associated with the urban quality of residential neighborhood. Neighborhoods with lower urban quality should be prioritized in actions to reduce vertical transmission.

Zika virus (ZIKV) is a newly-identified infectious cause of congenital disease. Transplacental transfer of maternal IgG to the fetus plays an important role in preventing many neonatal infections. However, antibody transfer may also have negative consequences, such as mediating enhancement of flavivirus infections in early life, or trafficking of virus immune complexes to the fetal compartment. ZIKV infection produces placental pathology which could lead to impaired IgG transfer efficiency as occurs in other maternal infections, such as HIV-1 and malaria. In this study, we asked whether ZIKV infection during pregnancy impairs transplacental transfer of IgG. We enrolled pregnant women with fever or rash in a prospective cohort in Vitoria, Brazil during the recent ZIKV epidemic. ZIKV and dengue virus (DENV)-specific IgG, ZIKV and DENV neutralizing antibodies, and routine vaccine antigen-specific IgG were measured in maternal samples collected around delivery and 20 paired cord blood samples. We concluded that 8 of these mothers were infected with ZIKV during pregnancy and 12 were ZIKV-uninfected. The magnitude of flavivirus-specific IgG, neutralizing antibody, and vaccine-elicited IgG were highly correlated between maternal plasma and infant cord blood in both ZIKV-infected and -uninfected mother-infant pairs. Moreover, there was no difference in the magnitude of plasma flavivirus-specific IgG levels between mothers and infants regardless of ZIKV infection status. Our data suggests that maternal ZIKV infection during pregnancy does not impair the efficiency of placental transfer of flavivirus-specific, functional, and vaccine-elicited IgG. These findings have implications for the neonatal outomes of maternal ZIKV infection and optimal administration of antibody-based ZIKV vaccines and therapeutics.

Vulvitis circumscripta plasmacellularis or Zoon vulvitis is a rare benign condition that affects the vulva chronically. We herein report a case of Zoon vulvitis in a 52-year-old HIV-infected patient with an uncommon ulcerovegetating lesion diagnosed by histopathologic findings. The patient was treated with clobetasol propionate ointment and oral corticosteroid. Zoon vulvitisis is a rare vulvar disorder that offers a challenging diagnose and therapy. The patient was appropriately treated and remains disease free.

This report describes a case of reverse flow in the umbilical vein and ductus venosus during atrial contraction of a fetus at 12 weeks of gestation with increased nuchal translucency (9.1 mm). In addition, Doppler velocimetry detected high retrograde flow in the inferior vena cava. Cytogenetic analysis of chorionic villi revealed trisomy 9. We suggest that these findings may be a first trimester sign of chromosomal and cardiac abnormalities in the fetus.