Prevalence of syphilis in female sex workers in three countryside cities of the state of Pará, Brazilian Amazon.
Ronaldo Lopes de SouzaLucimar Di Paula Dos Santos MadeiraMarcelo Victor Serejo PereiraRachel Macedo da SilvaJoão Bráullio de Luna SalesVania Nakauth AzevedoRosimar Neris Martins FeitosaJacqueline Cortinhas MonteiroMarluisa de Oliveira Guimarães IshakRicardo IshakAndre Luis Ribeiro RibeiroAldemir B Oliveira-FilhoLuiz Fernando Almeida MachadoPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
A high prevalence of syphilis among FSWs in the Brazilian Amazon region was identified, showing that syphilis is more likely to be transmitted in FSW working in low-income areas, which is attributed to the low level of education. Anal intercourse was found as a risk factor associated with syphilis. Health programs focused on risk populations appear as a rational way to control syphilis spread, which is a rising problem in Brazil and in other several countries.