title: Elimination of Mother-To-Child Transmission of Syphilis in the Americas-A Goal That Must Not Slip Away.
authors.affiliation: From the *Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and †Tropical Medicine Institute "Pedro Kourí," Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Lola V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Stamm
authors.forename: Angel A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Noda
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D060740:Disease Eradication; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission*