Open AccessIncreasing Syphilis Diagnoses Among Females Giving Birth in US Hospitals, 2010–2014
Author(s) -
Maria Aslam,
Kwame Owusu-Edusei,
Sarah Kidd,
Elizabeth Torrone,
Patricia M. Dietz
Publication year - 2019
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.0000000000000945
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , demography , confidence interval , medicaid , relative risk , ethnic group , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , health care , economic growth , economics , sociology , anthropology
National trends in syphilis rates among females delivering newborns are not well characterized. We assessed 2010-2014 trends in syphilis diagnoses documented on discharge records and associated factors among females who have given birth in US hospitals.