Lessons about the reliability of congenital syphilis and vertical HIV transmission data learned from case reviews in Uruguay: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Susana Cabrera (Author), Mariangela Freitas Silveira (Author), Ana Visconti (Author), Fabian García (Author), Rafael Aguirre (Author), Rodolfo Gomez Ponce de Leon (Author), Jorge Quian (Author), Suzanne J. Serruya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Uruguay it is mandatory to review all cases of positive HIV or reactive syphilis tests in pregnancy and peripartum. We compared the rates of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis and HIV detected by case reviews to those obtained from the usual surveillance system and descr...