Aumento da prevalência do VDRL - reagente: resposta à campanha de educação contra AIDS?

Sexually transmitted infections in a female population in rural north‐east Brazil: prevalence, morbidity and risk factors

“…In contrast, syphilis seroreactivity (2.6%) was rather low in our study population. Population‐based studies in other parts of Brazil showed prevalence rates between 4.9% and 19.3% (Tavares‐Neto et al. 1988; Passos & Fonseca 1990; Brito et al.…”

“…In contrast, syphilis seroreactivity (2.6%) was rather low in our study population. Population-based studies in other parts of Brazil showed prevalence rates between 4.9% and 19.3% (Tavares-Neto et al 1988;Passos & Fonseca 1990;Brito et al 1992;Simõ es et al 1996). As in the earlier studies, calculation of prevalence was based on results obtained by the VDRL test, and because many clinical conditions including pregnancy may lead to VDRL seroreactivity, it may be assumed that these studies overestimated the true prevalence of recent or untreated syphilis.…”