title: Congenital syphilis in Valera, Venezuela.
abstract: Congenital syphilis still poses a significant public health problem in many countries of the world. We studied epidemiology of syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women and their newborns during a 5-year period at a general hospital in Valera, western Venezuela finding a high incidence of disease among those newborns from infected mothers.
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics Service, Central Hospital of Valera, Valera, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Omira
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vásquez-Manzanilla
authors.forename: Sonia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Dickson-Gonzalez
authors.forename: Jose G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Salas
authors.forename: Alfonso J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Morales
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arria
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology