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Congenital syphilis in Brazil: distribution of cases notified from 2009 to 2016

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Congenital syphilis is considered a severe public health problem because it accounts for approximately 40% of the perinatal mortality rates, 25% of stillbirths, and 14% of neonatal deaths, in addition to causing severe consequences for the
Adriana Sousa Rêgo, Luciana Cavalcante Costa, Liliane dos Santos Rodrigues, Ricardo Amorim de Sousa Garcia, Flor de Maria Araújo Mendonça Silva, Aurean D’eça Junior, Livia dos Santos Rodrigues   +6 more
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Porphyromonas gingivalis GroEL accelerates abdominal aortic aneurysm formation by matrix metalloproteinase‐2 SUMOylation in vascular smooth muscle cells: A novel finding for the activation of MMP‐2

Molecular Oral Microbiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Infection is a known cause of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and matrix metalloproteases‐2 (MMP‐2) secreted by vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a key role in the structural disruption of the middle layer of the arteries during AAA progression.
Yi‐Wen Lin, Feng‐Yen Lin, Ze‐Hao Lai, Chien‐Sung Tsai, Yi‐Ting Tsai, Yen‐Sung Huang, Chen‐Wei Liu   +6 more
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Gestational and congenital syphilis in a municipality in Brazil between 2014 and 2018

DST, 2019
Introduction: Syphilis is an infectious disease that can cause congenital syphilis when it affects pregnant women, resulting in malformation of the fetus, miscarriage, or fetal death.
Patricia Simon da Silva, Cassandra Severo Amaral Vieira, Ludmila Mourão Xavier Gomes, Thiago Luis de Andrade Barbosa   +3 more
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Adverse social determinats and risk for congenital anomalies [PDF]

, 2014
INTRODUCCIÓN: Diferentes trabajos han relacionando condiciones sociales adversas a nivel familiar y regional con resultados perinatales (mortalidad neonatal, bajo peso y prematuridad); sin embargo, pocos estudiaron el efecto de la pobreza sobre anomalías
Campaña, Hebe, Comas, Belén, Gili, Juan Antonio, Gimenez, Lucas Gabriel, López Camelo, Jorge Santiago, Pawluk, Mariela Soledad, Poletta, Fernando Adrián, Scala, Sandra C., Villalba, María Inés   +8 more
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Do Birthweight‐For‐Gestational Age Centiles Predict Serious Neonatal Morbidity and Neonatal Mortality?

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Studies show that foetal and birthweight‐for‐gestational age centiles are poor predictors of serious neonatal morbidity and neonatal mortality (SNMM) in univariable models. Objective We assessed the predictive performance of multivariable SNMM models based on maternal/pregnancy characteristics, with and without birthweight centiles.
Sid John, K. S. Joseph, John Fahey, Shiliang Liu, Sarka Lisonkova, Michael S. Kramer   +5 more
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Economic and programmatic aspects of congenital syphilis prevention

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2004
A review of the economic and programmatic aspects of congenital syphilis was conducted and recommendations made for improvement of its prevention. Congenital syphilis is a preventable disease and the tools to prevent it have been available for decades ...
Schmid George
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Syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in Amazonas State, Brazil: an evaluation using database linkage

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2014
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 ...
Claudia Marques de Oliveira Soeiro, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, Valeria Saraceni, Marcelo Cordeiro dos Santos, Sinesio Talhari, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira   +5 more
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Investment case for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of syphilis: promoting better maternal and child health and stronger health systems [PDF]

, 2012
Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of syphilis (commonly referred to as “congenital syphilis”) is relatively simple to eliminate and it is inexpensive to detect and treat, making it a possible “easy win” in terms of cost, feasibility and speed of scale ...
), Gomez, G, Hanson, K, Peeling, R, Vickerman, P, WHO ( inc. Cousens, S   +5 more
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The Creation of a Weight of Evidence Scoring Database for Risk Factors for Adverse Impacts to Birth Outcomes Using Expert Elicitation

Birth Defects Research, Volume 118, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Adverse birth outcomes are important public health measures and account for a substantial public health burden. There is considerable diversity of these health endpoints, as well as in the many factors suspected or recognized to increase their risk.
Paul J. Villeneuve, Ann Aschengrau, Michelle L. Bell, Yang Cao, Mark Elwood, Guy Eslick, Shelley Harris, Leeka Kheifets, Babak Khoshnood, Robert Norman, Nelson Pace, Johan Reutfors, Jeremy M. Schraw, Jose R. Suarez‐Lopez, Gunnar Toft, R. Douglas Wilson, Christopher R. Kirman, Tyler Carneal, Sean M. Hays   +18 more
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Repercussions of the COVID- 19 pandemic on maternal and congenital syphilis in South Brazil: a time series analysis 2010-2022

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The global increase in maternal and congenital syphilis cases over the past decade has been substantial. In south Brazil, preexisting maternal and congenital syphilis epidemics have been worsened since the onset of COVID- 19.
Fernando Echegaray, Christopher J. Hernandez, Kavya G. Sundar, Lanbo Z. Yang, Mary Catherine Cambou, Eddy R. Segura, Marineide Gonçalves de Melo, Breno Riegel Santos, Ivana Rosângela dos Santos Varella, Karin Nielsen-Saines   +9 more
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