Syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in Amazonas State, Brazil: an evaluation using database linkage

• Main Authors: Claudia Marques de Oliveira Soeiro (Author), Angélica Espinosa Miranda (Author), Valeria Saraceni (Author), Marcelo Cordeiro dos Santos (Author), Sinesio Talhari (Author), Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study analyzes notification of syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in Amazo- nas State, Brazil, from 2007 to 2009 and verifies underreporting in databases in the National Information System on Diseases of Notification (SINAN) and the occurrence of perinatal deaths associated with cong...