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ArticleInfectious Disease Modelling2018

Adult female syphilis prevalence, congenital syphilis case incidence and adverse birth outcomes, Mongolia 2000-2016: Estimates using the Spectrum STI tool.

Erdenetungalag Enkhbat, Eline L Korenromp, Jugderjav Badrakh, Setsen Zayasaikhan, Purevsuren Baya, Enkhjargal Orgiokhuu, Narantuya Jadambaa, Sergelen Munkhbaatar, Delgermaa Khishigjargal, Narantuya Khad and 4 more

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Article in Infectious Disease Modelling, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Prevalence and incidence estimates for syphilis, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and congenital syphilis in Colombia, 1995-2016.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Erdenetungalag EnkhbatMongolia National Centre for Communicable Disease, AIDS/STI Surveillance and Research Department, Ulaanbaatar, 210648, Bayanzurkh District, Nam-Yan-Ju Street, Mongolia.
Eline L KorenrompAvenir Health, Geneva, Switzerland, 1 route de Morillons / 150 Route de Ferney (WCC, Office 164), PO Box 2100, CH-1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland.
Jugderjav BadrakhMongolia National Centre for Communicable Disease, AIDS/STI Surveillance and Research Department, Ulaanbaatar, 210648, Bayanzurkh District, Nam-Yan-Ju Street, Mongolia.
Setsen ZayasaikhanMongolia National Centre for Communicable Disease, AIDS/STI Surveillance and Research Department, Ulaanbaatar, 210648, Bayanzurkh District, Nam-Yan-Ju Street, Mongolia.
Purevsuren BayaMongolia National Centre for Communicable Disease, AIDS/STI Surveillance and Research Department, Ulaanbaatar, 210648, Bayanzurkh District, Nam-Yan-Ju Street, Mongolia.
Enkhjargal OrgiokhuuMongolia National Centre for Communicable Disease, AIDS/STI Surveillance and Research Department, Ulaanbaatar, 210648, Bayanzurkh District, Nam-Yan-Ju Street, Mongolia.
Narantuya JadambaaWorld Health Organization, Post Box 663, Ulaanbaatar-13, Mongolia.
Sergelen MunkhbaatarMongolia Global Fund Supported Project on AIDS and TB, Peace Avenue 13/3, Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Delgermaa KhishigjargalMongolia Center for Health Development, Enkhtaivan Street - 13b, Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Narantuya KhadMongolia Center for Health Development, Enkhtaivan Street - 13b, Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Guy MahianéAvenir Health, 655 Winding Brook Drive, Glastonbury, CT, CT-06033, USA.
Naoko IshikawaWorld Health Organization, Western Pacific Regional Office, PO Box 2932 (United Nations Avenue), 1000 Manila, Philippines.
Davaalkham JagdagsurenMongolia National Centre for Communicable Disease, AIDS/STI Surveillance and Research Department, Ulaanbaatar, 210648, Bayanzurkh District, Nam-Yan-Ju Street, Mongolia.
Melanie M TaylorWorld Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, 8 Avenue Appia (L152), 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
National Center for Communicable Diseases · MNAvenir Health · USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · USWorld Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific · PH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMongolia's health ministry prioritizes control of Sexually Transmitted Infections, including syphilis screening and treatment in antenatal care (ANC).

methodsAdult syphilis prevalence trends were fitted using the Spectrum-STI estimation tool, using data from ANC surveys and routine screening over 1997-2016. Estimates were combined with programmatic data to estimate numbers of treated and untreated pregnant women with syphilis and associated incidence congenital syphilis (CS) and CS-attributable adverse birth outcomes (ABO), which we compared with CS case reports.

resultsSyphilis prevalence in pregnant women was estimated at 1.7% in 2000 and 3.0% in 2016. We estimated 652 CS cases, of which 410 ABO, in 2016. Far larger, annually increasing numbers of CS cases and ABO were estimated to have been prevented: 1654 cases, of which 789 ABO in 2016 - thanks to increasing coverages of ANC (99% in 2016), ANC-based screening (97% in 2016) and treatment of women diagnosed (81% in 2016). The 42 CS cases reported nationally over 2016 (liveborn infants only) represented 27% of liveborn infants with clinical CS, but only 7% of estimated CS cases among women found syphilis-infected in ANC, and 6% of all estimated CS cases including those born to women with undiagnosed syphilis. DISCUSSION/

conclusionMongolia's ANC-based syphilis screening program is reducing CS, but maternal prevalence remains high. To eliminate CS (target: <50 cases per 100,000 live births), Mongolia should strengthen ANC services, limiting losses during referral for treatment, and under-diagnosis of CS including still-births and neonatal deaths, and expand syphilis screening and prevention programs.

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ABO, Adverse Birth OutcomeANC-1, attendance of antenatal care at least once during a pregnancyANC, antenatal careAntenatal careCI, confidence intervalCongenital syphilisCS, Congenital SyphilisEpidemiological modellingF, womenNCCD, Mongolia National Center for Communicable DiseasesN, sample size testedRPR, Rapid Plasma Reagin testScreeningSTI, sexually transmitted infectionSurveillanceSyphilisTP, Treponema pallidumWHO, World Health Organization

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PMID30839908
PMCPMC6326223
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