Up to 40% of babies with congenital syphilis may be stillborn or die from the infection. Though a baby with a syphilis infection may not show symptoms at the time of birth, the baby may develop ...

Of infants born to mothers with primary or secondary syphilis, up to 50% will be premature, stillborn, or die in the neonatal period; further, most of these children are born with congenital ...

"Even if you get treatment after you notice you are infected with syphilis during pregnancy, there is still a possibility that your baby will develop congenital syphilis," Kawana says. "It's ...

Another CDC report from January showed that nearly 3,800 babies were born with congenital syphilis in 2022, a 10-fold increase over the past decade and a 31% spike year-over-year; these cases ...

The 2024 statistics aren’t finalized yet, but it appears about 60 babies had congenital syphilis, which means they got the infection during pregnancy or at birth. The number of cases had ...

With syphilis cases soaring 80% in adults and an astounding 183% in congenital cases — when a pregnant person passes syphilis to their baby during pregnancy or childbirth — from the years 2018-22, the ...

Congenital syphilis is a chronic infection that affects multiple organs. It may lead to premature birth or stillbirth. Even if the baby is born without any symptoms, bone deformities, eye disease ...

Congenital syphilis cases in Tamil Nadu spiked in 2023-24, raising concerns over data accuracy and treatment availability.

APH using Syphilis Point-of-Care Rapid Testing & Immediate Treatment Evaluation (SPRITE) clinics for early testing and ...