Global burden of maternal and congenital syphilis in 2008 and 2012: a health systems modelling study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2016, Pages e525-e533

  Wijesooriya, N Saman ^a,b,c   Rochat, Roger W ^b   Kamb, Mary L ^c   Turlapati, Prasad ^d   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Broutet, Nathalie ^a   Newman, Lori M ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOTHER TO CHILD DISEASE TRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STILLBIRTH; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFANT; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84991643941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30135-8     Document Type: Article

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