NUMERO: #20220025

Título: IMPACT IN NOTIFIED SYPHILIS DIAGNOSIS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BRAZIL

Nome do Apresentador: Célia Márcia Fernandes MAIA

Categoria do Trabalho: Trabalhos Aprovados para Disponibilização em Vídeo (ADV)

Área Temática: Estomatologia

Resumo: Objective: The objective of the present study was to compare the average number of syphilis cases reported in the 5 Brazilian geographic regions, from March to December 2017 to 2019, with the same period in 2020, the latter representing the period of the pandemic.
Study Design: In this descriptive study, data were extracted from the public disease notification database of the Unified Health System - SUS.
Results: There was a significant increase in syphilis incidence rates per million inhabitants in all Brazilian macro-regions during the COVID-19 pandemic, reaching +157% in the Southeast. The average increase was +78% overall, representing an additional 161 incident cases per million population. In all stages of syphilis, oral changes are observed. In congenital syphilis, pathognomonic signs, the Hutchinson triad (interstitial keratitis, Hutchinson teeth, hearing loss) can be manifested. The data suggest that distancing measures in the pandemic period were not able to interfere with sexual behavior in Brazil.
Conclusion: The epidemiology of syphilis in Brazil, in the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) presents interferences. Studies are needed to the programming of health measures.
Minas Gerais State Research Foundation - FAPEMIG, Brazil,
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq, Brazil,
Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil.

Autor 1:  Célia Márcia Fernandes MAIA

E-mail 1:  [email protected]

Autor 2:   Nelson Pereira Marques

E-mail 2:  [email protected]

Autor 3 :  Gabriel Victor Pereira Marques

E-mail 3:  [email protected]

Autor 4:  Verônica Oliveira Dias

E-mail 4:  [email protected]

Autor 5:  Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli

E-mail 5:  [email protected]

Autor 6:  Eduardo Araújo Oliveira

E-mail 6:  [email protected]

Autor 7:  Hercílio Martelli-Júnior

E-mail 7:  7. [email protected]