Space-time risk cluster and time trends of congenital syphilis in Brazil: an ecological study.
Chaiane Emília DalazenAlbert Schiaveto de SouzaCaíque Jordan Nunes RibeiroMarquiony Marques Dos SantosLivia Fernandes ProbstMelina Raquel TheobaldAlessandro Diogo De CarliPublished in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2022)
To reduce the trends in CS rates, it is necessary to develop actions to improve the quality of prenatal care and expand early diagnosis and adequate treatment of syphilis in pregnant women and their sexual partners, especially in groups with upward trends (mothers ages 20-29 y and <8 y of schooling) and living in higher-risk regions (Southeast, North and Northeast).