Open Access Journal
QUALIS
B1
2021-2024
quadriênio
Open Access Journal
B1
2021-2024
quadriênio
Artigos | Vol. 4 Issue 3 (2026)
Published in May 23, 2026
Congenital syphilis is characterized by vertical transmission caused by the gram-negative bacterium Treponema pallidum1,2,3. This is serious public health problem in Brazil, with more than 27,000 cases reported in 2022, according to the Ministry of Health6. The objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiological profile of Congenital Syphilis in the State of Pernambuco from 2015 to October 2024. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out, in which data were obtained through the Notifiable Diseases Information System (SINAN), and approval from the ethics committee was not required. The analysis was performed using Excel® (2016) and GraphPad Prism® software. From the variables age, sex, maternal age, clinical evolution, deaths by municipality of notification, prenatal care related to confirmed deaths, and maternal race/color, a higher incidence was identified in Recife, in babies up to 6 days old, accounting for more than 96% of CS cases, from young mothers aged between 15 and 29 years. Recife was also the municipality with the highest number of stillbirths/miscarriages (n = 362) in Pernambuco. Furthermore, 59.94% (N = 317) of deaths from CS occurred in babies of brown mothers. It is therefore concluded that there is a growing number of cases in Pernambuco, aggravated by the consequences that late diagnosis and inadequate treatment of the pregnant woman and her partner can have on the baby, requiring the training of health professionals for better management of pregnant women in primary care.
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Copyright (c) 2026 Evelyn Minervino da Silva, João Arthur Barros Oliveira, Nathaly Gabriele Silva dos Santos, Letícia Marjory Silva dos Santos, Izabela Oliveira de Barros Nonato
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