High burden of maternal and congenital syphilis in Lima, Peru: an epidemiological analysis from 2023-2025
The prevalence of congenital syphilis exceeded WHO elimination benchmarks despite stable maternal prevalence, highlighting gaps in timely diagnosis and linkage between diagnosis and treatment.
Authors
- Silver Keith Vargas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8188-9598)
- Pedro M. Arango-Ochante
- Lao‐Tzu Allan‐Blitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4077-3476)
- Carlos F. Cáceres
- Luis Meza Santivañez
- Wendy Leung
- Jeffrey D. Klausner
- Carlos Velásquez Vásquez
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- Harvard University Press (US)
- Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño (PE)
- Universidad Ricardo Palma (PE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.04.26347675
- Primary Topic
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health