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  • Maternal-Fetal Medicine

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  • Maternal syphilis poses severe risks to fetuses and newborns.
  • Poor prenatal care is a significant factor in congenital syphilis development.

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  • To evaluate the impact of syphilis screening and follow-up programs on syphilis incidence in pregnant women and their offspring.
  • To analyze trends in syphilis cases and congenital syphilis over a decade.

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  • Syphilis incidence in the Iasi district decreased from 47.5/100,000 in 2001 to 10.5% in 2009.
  • New syphilis cases dropped from 627 to 87 between 2001 and 2009.
  • Congenital syphilis cases in newborns peaked in 2006 and were absent from 2008-2010.

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  • Highlights the effectiveness of systematic screening and follow-up in controlling congenital syphilis.
  • Recommends universal serological screening for pregnant women twice during gestation.
  • Emphasizes testing high-risk women, post-miscarriage cases, and newborns with undetermined maternal status.