Open AccessEstimating the Public Health Burden Associated With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Resulting From Syphilis Infection Across 43 Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author(s) -
Andreas Kuznik,
Abdulrazaq G. Habib,
Yukari C. Manabe,
Mohammed Lamorde
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000291
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , pregnancy , congenital syphilis , incidence (geometry) , public health , demography , infant mortality , obstetrics , low birth weight , pediatrics , environmental health , population , immunology , genetics , physics , nursing , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , optics , biology
Untreated syphilis in pregnancy is associated with adverse clinical outcomes to the infant. The study aimed to estimate the public health burden resulting from adverse pregnancy outcomes due to syphilis infection among pregnant women not screened for syphilis in 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.