The epidemiological profile of syphilis cases in pregnant women in Mineiros city, Goiás, between 2015 and 2018

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Bárbara Rocha
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Tavares, Ricardo Silva, de Assis, Breno Oliveira, Figueiredo, Maria Clara Ribeiro, de Abreu, Melissa Carvalho Martins, Miguel, Camila Botelho, Rodrigues, Wellington Francisco
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Multi-Science Journal
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ifgoiano.edu.br/multiscience/article/view/1241
• topic: Vigilância Epidemiológica; Sífilis Congênita; Sífilis Gestacional; DST.; Congenital syphilis; Epidemiologic Surveillance; Gestational syphilis

The purpose of this study was to analyze the epidemiological profile of syphilis cases in pregnant women living in Mineiros city, Goiás, between 2015 and 2018. This was a descriptive epidemiological study using a quantitative approach. The study was basedon the data obtained from the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN-NET), Information System on Live Births (SINASC) in Mineiros city, Goiás, between January 2015 and August 31st 2018. In 2015, fewer cases were reported compared to the other years, whereas increasing numbers have been observed over the period evaluated, leading to the question of possible sub-registrations. Thus, it is clear that between 2015 and 2018, there was a prevalenceof syphilisin the age group of 20–29 years that represented 47.6% of cases in the year 2017, followed by the group of 15–19 years with 44.4% of cases in 2016.An analysis of the cases stratified by schooling showed that the disease was more common in women who attended school till 5th to 8th grades, i.e., women who had incomplete elementary schooling, representing 33.3% of the cases of pregnant women with syphilis in the year 2017. The study showed a significant increase in the number of gestational syphilis cases in teenagers and young adults over the years.