Epidemiological characterization of gestational syphilis cases in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Lima Filho, Carlos Antonio de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Bernardino, Amanda de Oliveira, Santos, Maria Emanuele do Rego, Matias, Paulo de Tarso Alves, Miranda, Anna Karinne Salgado, Torreão, Sabrina Barbosa Nascimento, Araujo Junior, Raimundo Cirino, Marques, Aldo Lucas Duarte, Santana Neto, Sebastião Alves, Borba, Gimena de Lemos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/31655
• topic: Sífilis; Epidemiologia; Gestantes.; Sífilis; Epidemiologia; Mujeres embarazadas.; Syphilis; Epidemiology; Pregnant women.

Objective: to trace the epidemiological profile of cases of gestational syphilis in the state of Pernambuco, from 2015 to 2020. Methodology: This is an epidemiological, retrospective, descriptive study with a quantitative approach on gestational syphilis in the state of Pernambuco. Data collection took place from March to April 2022 through access to the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN), a database linked to the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (DATASUS). Results: A notification of 12,401 cases of gestational syphilis was observed in the state, with a predominance of women between 20-39 years old (72.6%), of mixed race (66.9%), with incomplete elementary education (32.3 %). The non-treponemal tests were the most used, compared to the non-treponemal tests, noting that despite primary syphilis being the predominant one, there was no notification of a good part of this variable. Conclusion: It was evidenced that gestational syphilis is a public health problem in the state, and that it has been increasing over time, any errors at the time of notification is configured as a real problem to combat it.