Mortalidade por sífilis nas regiões brasileiras, 1980-1995

Modeling the vertical transmission of Syphilis

“…Thus, β 1 = 0.004286 and β 2 = 0.002857. Finally, the mortality rate induced by syphilis was obtained in [17]: to note that a chart was created to account for the accumulated cases of infected people. The goal was to compare the data obtained in the numerical experiment with real data.…”

“…Incidence rate of congenital syphilis in children under 1 year of age is about 8.383 (per 1,000 live births) [20] . Average mortality rate (non-congenital) per 1,000,000 inhabitants is 0.156 [17] and for congenital syphilis is 3.716 per 100,000 inhabitants.…”

Control of mother-to-child transmission of infectious diseases in Brazil: progress in HIV/AIDS and failure in congenital syphilis

“…In Brazil, between 1991 and 1999, the congenital syphilis mortality rates in infants less than a year old remained stable at four deaths per 100,000 19,23 . Starting in 1999, a declining trend observed, dropping to 1.7 deaths per 1000,000 live births in 2004 24 .…”

“…In spite of the real possibility of attaining high control levels, the reduction of mother-to-child transmission of these diseases has not occurred in an equitable manner among countries, nor even among different regions of the same country 7,18,19 . Even though screening and treatment interventions have been recommended for the entire population of infected expecting mothers and their babies, there is still low coverage and quality of actions.…”

“…Difficulties of the healthcare network in assisting, counseling, and making laboratory diagnoses of the infections reflect this situation. Insufficient prenatal screening coverage of women, mainly in the most vulnerable populations, and the varying quality of prenatal care, still less than desirable, result in unequal and precarious healthcare utilization in many regions 16,19 .…”