Global burden of maternal and congenital syphilis and associated adverse birth outcomes-Estimates for 2016 and progress since 2012.

Global burden of maternal and congenital syphilis and associated adverse birth outcomes-Estimates for 2016 and progress since 2012.

BACKGROUND:In 2007 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the global initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of syphilis (congenital syphilis, or CS). To assess progress towards the goal of <50 CS cases per 100,000 live births, we generated regional and global estimates of mate...

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Main Authors: Eline L Korenromp, Jane Rowley, Monica Alonso, Maeve B Mello, N Saman Wijesooriya, S Guy Mahiané, Naoko Ishikawa, Linh-Vi Le, Morkor Newman-Owiredu, Nico Nagelkerke, Lori Newman, Mary Kamb, Nathalie Broutet, Melanie M Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211720

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