The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Gestational and congenital syphilis in a Brazilian harbor city: A population-based study of prevalence, determinants, and adverse neonatal outcomes

Mariana Rodrigues Jacomini Alarcon, Paulo Neves, Davi Castor da Silva, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira, Maria De La Ó Ramallo Verissimo, Rosa Moreira, Maíra Barreto Malta

Braz J Infect Dis. 2026;30: 105969

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Gestational syphilis prevalence reached 12.8% in a Brazilian harbor city.
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Congenital syphilis birth prevalence was 5.8% in the study population.
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Social vulnerability was strongly associated with gestational syphilis.
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Smoking and illicit drug use were independently associated with gestational syphilis.
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Congenital syphilis was independently associated with fetal or neonatal death.

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Pseudotumoral donovanosis mimicking squamous cell carcinoma in a patient with HIV infection

Beatriz Cavalcante de Carvalho, Alex Panizza Jalkh, Alcidarta dos Reis Gadelha, Virginia Vilasboas Figueiras, Rima de Souza Raad

Braz J Infect Dis. 2026;30: 105971

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Persistent low-level viremia and symptomatic HIV cerebrospinal fluid escape in a person living with HIV receiving darunavir: a case report

Enrico Stefano Suriano, Karin Kuslevicius, Mariana Martins dos Santos Leal, Luiz Fernando Degrecci Relvas, Gustavo Arthur Reis Schneider

Braz J Infect Dis. 2026;30: 105970

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Vol. 30. Issue 5. (In progress)

(September - October 2026)

This issue is in progress but contains articles that are final and fully citable.

Editorial

The “Porto Alegre HIV Charter”: Confronting the HIV epidemic in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Tarsila Vieceli, Cezar Vinícius Würdig Riche, Viviane Raquel Buffon, Cristiane Pimentel Hernandes, Diego R. Falci, Gerson Junqueira, Maria Leticia Ikeda, Mauricio Roth Volkweis, ... Dimas A. Kliemann

Braz J Infect Dis. 2026;30: 105965

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Original articles

Older people living with HIV: a population with high prevalence and severity of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease ‒ A cross-sectional study

Rafaella Italiano Peixoto, Andrea Dória Batista, Armando Ykaro Soares de Oliveira, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues, Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo

Braz J Infect Dis. 2026;30: 105967

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Gestational and congenital syphilis in a Brazilian harbor city: A population-based study of prevalence, determinants, and adverse neonatal outcomes

Mariana Rodrigues Jacomini Alarcon, Paulo Neves, Davi Castor da Silva, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira, Maria De La Ó Ramallo Verissimo, Rosa Moreira, Maíra Barreto Malta

Braz J Infect Dis. 2026;30: 105969

Highlights

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Gestational syphilis prevalence reached 12.8% in a Brazilian harbor city.
•
Congenital syphilis birth prevalence was 5.8% in the study population.
•
Social vulnerability was strongly associated with gestational syphilis.
•
Smoking and illicit drug use were independently associated with gestational syphilis.
•
Congenital syphilis was independently associated with fetal or neonatal death.

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Geospatial inequalities in severe leprosy disability in Pernambuco before and during COVID-19

Andrezza Tayonara Lins Melo, Pauliana Valéria Machado Galvão, Carolina da Cunha Correia

Braz J Infect Dis. 2026;30: 105968

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