Open AccessLifetime Syphilis Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors Among Female Prisoners in Brazil
Author(s) -
Rosane da Silva Santana,
Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr,
Rosa Salani Mota,
Carl Kendall,
George W Rutherford,
Willi McFarland
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.0000000000001113
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , demography , confidence interval , odds ratio , cross sectional study , gynecology , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pathology , sociology
In 2016, approximately 42,000 women were incarcerated in Brazil. The objectives of this study were to measure the lifetime prevalence of syphilis and sociodemographic and behavior correlates of antibody positivity among female prisoners in Brazil.