Repercussions of the COVID- 19 pandemic on maternal and congenital syphilis in South Brazil: a time series analysis 2010-2022
The COVID- 19 pandemic was a significant setback in recent progress made toward the control of maternal and congenital syphilis in south Brazil. Public health strategies should prioritize reinstatement of interventions for prevention of gestational syphilis.
Authors
- Fernando Echegaray
- Breno Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2888-2573)
- Christopher J. Hernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0712-6533)
- Lanbo Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3260-635X)
- Mary Catherine Cambou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2527-2574)
- Eddy R. Segura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3580-7712)
- Kavya G. Sundar
- Ivana Rosângela dos Santos Varella
- Karin Nielsen-Saines
- Marineide Gonçalves de Melo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0567-8943)
Institutions
- Tulane University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
- Universidad Científica del Sur (PE)
- Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-10901-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16