Syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in Amazonas State, Brazil

An Evaluation Using Database Linkage

Bibliographic Data

ID5220541
AuthorsClaudia Marques De Oliveira Soeiro (0000-0002-1032-2738, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Brasil; Fundação de Medicina Tropical Heitor Vieira Dourado, Brasil), Angélica Espinosa Miranda (0000-0002-5556-8379, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo), Valéria Saraceni (0000-0001-7360-6490, Secretaria Municipal de Saúde do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil), Marcelo Cordeiro Dos Santos (Fundação de Vigilância em Saúde do Amazonas, Brasil), Marcelo Cordeiro‐Santos (0000-0002-7140-7145, Fundação Saúde), Sinesio Talhari (0000-0001-9753-6706, Universidade Federal do Amazonas), Luiz Carlos De Lima Ferreira (0000-0002-9657-939X, Universidade Federal do Amazonas)
Year2014
Volume30
Issue4
Pages715-723
Publication date2014-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311x00156312
PMID24896047
OpenAlexW2146461231
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2014000400715
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited16

This study analyzes notification of syphilis in pregnancy and congenital syphilis in Amazo- nas State, Brazil, from 2007 to 2009 and verifies underreporting in databases in the National Information System on Diseases of Notification (SINAN) and the occurrence of perinatal deaths associated with congenital syphilis and not reported in the Mortality Information System (SIM). This was a cross-sectional study with probabilistic record linkage between the SINAN and SIM. There were 666 reports of syphilis in pregnant women, including 224 in 2007 (3.8/1,000), 244(4.5/1,000) in 2008, and 198(4.0/1,000) in 2009. The study found 486 cases of congenital syphilis, of which 153 in 2007 (2.1/1,000), 193 in 2008 (2.6/1,000), and 140 in 2009 (2.0/1,000). After linkage of the SINAN databases, 237 pregnant women (35.6%) had cases of congenital syphilis reported. The SIM recorded 4,905 perinatal deaths, of which 57.8% were stillbirths. Probabilistic record linkage between SIM and SINAN-Congenital Syphilis yielded 13 matched records. The use of SINAN and SIM may not reflect the total magnitude of syphilis, but provide the basis for monitoring and analyzing this health problem, with a view towards planning and management

Congenital syphilis · Database · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Linkage (software) · Obstetrics · Population · Pregnancy · Record linkage · Syphilis · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare · Medicine · Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment · Pediatrics

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