Author/Editor		Pankratov, OV; Saluk, YV; Klimova, LV
Title		Epidemiology of syphilis in pregnant women and congenital syphilis in Belarus
Type		članek
Source		Acta Dermatovenerol Alp Pannon Adriat
Vol. and No.		Letnik 15, št. 1
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 35-8
Language		eng
Abstract		In Belarus the spread of syphilis has been on the increase since 1988, and the incidence reached its peak in 1996 with 209.7 cases per 100000 inhabitants. During the following years the incidence has reduced, but still remains high with 41 cases in 2004. In the years 1996-2004 all together 4239 pregnant women infected with syphilis were registered in Dermatovenereological Dispensaries in Belarus, giving birth to 116 children with congenital syphilis. The social end economic background of these events is reviewed.
Descriptors		PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS SYPHILIS SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL BYELARUS