Congenital Syphilis — United States, 2002

Congenital syphilis (CS) occurs when the spirochete Treponema pallidum is transmitted from a pregnant woman with syphilis to her fetus. Untreated syphilis during pregnancy can lead to stillbirth, neonatal death, or infant disorders such as deafness, neurologic impairment, and bone deformities. This...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2004-08, Vol.53 (31), p.716-719
Main Authors: Edozien, A.O, Heffelfinger, J.D, Weinstock, H.S, Berman, S.M, Clanton, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Congenital syphilis
Data analysis
Demographic aspects
Diseases
Epidemiology
Genetic disorders
Humans
Immunity
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Measles
Mothers
Population Surveillance
Pregnancy
Prenatal care
Sexually transmitted diseases
Statistics
Syphilis
Syphilis, Congenital - epidemiology
Syphilis, Congenital - ethnology
Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile
United States - epidemiology
Womens health
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Summary:Congenital syphilis (CS) occurs when the spirochete Treponema pallidum is transmitted from a pregnant woman with syphilis to her fetus. Untreated syphilis during pregnancy can lead to stillbirth, neonatal death, or infant disorders such as deafness, neurologic impairment, and bone deformities. This report summarizes 2002 CS surveillance data, which indicated that CS rates have decreased among all racial/ethnic minority populations and in all regions of the United States except the Northeast. To further decrease CS, collaborative efforts among health-care providers, health insurers, policymakers, and the public are needed to increase prenatal care and syphilis screening during pregnancy for women at risk for delivering infants with CS.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X