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Prenatal syphilis infection is a possible cause of preterm delivery among immigrant women from eastern Europe
- Source :
- Sexually transmitted infections. 83(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of maternal syphilis at delivery and neonatal syphilis infection in an Italian urban area, in connection with the increased flow of immigration. Study design: A prospective surveillance study was carried out in Bologna, Italy, from November 2000 to March 2006. All pregnant women were screened for syphilis at delivery. Infants born to seropositive mothers were enrolled in a prospective follow-up. Results: During the study period 19 205 women gave birth to 19 548 infants. A total of 85 women were seropositive for syphilis at delivery. The overall syphilis seroprevalence in pregnant women was 0.44%, but it was 4.3% in women from eastern Europe and 5.8% in women from Central–South America. Ten women were first found positive at delivery, as they did not receive any prenatal care. Nine of these were from eastern Europe. All their infants were asymptomatic, but six had both reactive immunoglobulin (Ig)M western blot and rapid plasma reagin tests and were considered prenatally infected. Three of six were preterm (gestational age
- Subjects :
- Sexually transmitted disease
Adult
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
EASTERN EUROPE
Dermatology
Prenatal care
Rapid plasma reagin
Syphilis Serodiagnosis
Pregnancy
medicine
CONGENITAL SYPHILIS
Humans
Europe, Eastern
Prospective Studies
Syphilis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
medicine.diagnostic_test
PRETERM
business.industry
Syphilis, Congenital
Emigration and Immigration
medicine.disease
Infectious Diseases
Congenital syphilis
IMMIGRATION
Premature birth
Premature Birth
PRENATAL CARE
Female
business
Follow-Up Studies
Maternal Age
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13684973
- Volume :
- 83
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sexually transmitted infections
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d941704933fff95ce6eb2f841285c6fb