Infectious diseases in migrant pregnant women from an area of the Colombian Caribbean
Resume: Introduction: Human migration is an activity that affects society in economic and political aspects and as a social determinant because of its differential impact on individual's health. Objective: To describe the situation of health and infectious diseases of vertical transmission risk...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6b26f4efe646402b822a5806dd050ad9 2023-11-12T04:13:27+01:00 Infectious diseases in migrant pregnant women from an area of the Colombian Caribbean A. Rojas-Gulloso L. Sánchez-Lerma Marcela Montilla F. Morales-Pulecio E. Sarmiento-Rudolf Ricardo Tapia-Reales 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102629 https://doaj.org/article/6b26f4efe646402b822a5806dd050ad9 EN eng Elsevier http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1477893923000893 https://doaj.org/toc/1873-0442 1873-0442 doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102629 https://doaj.org/article/6b26f4efe646402b822a5806dd050ad9 Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 55, Iss , Pp 102629- (2023) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2023.102629 2023-10-15T00:35:57Z Resume: Introduction: Human migration is an activity that affects society in economic and political aspects and as a social determinant because of its differential impact on individual's health. Objective: To describe the situation of health and infectious diseases of vertical transmission risk in migrant pregnant women from an area of the Colombian Caribbean from 2019 to 2021. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on pregnant irregular migrants in the Riohacha and Santa Marta municipalities in Colombia. Hemogram, uranalysis, toxoplasma, FTA-ABS, VDRL, rubella, hepatitis B, HIV (TORCHs), vaginal swab, basal glycemia, and transaminases, among other paraclinical tests, were done on pregnant women. Data was arranged, tabulated, and analyzed in SPSS v.23.0. A descriptive statistical analysis with measures of central tendency and dispersion for quantitative variables, and proportions analysis was done for qualitative variables. Results: A total of 555 clinical records were analyzed. Of the infectious agents with a risk of vertical transmission, syphilis was the most frequent with 3.6%. Regarding toxoplasmosis, 2.5% were IgM-positive. 4.2% of the pregnant women had IgG antibodies against Rubella and 2 women showed antibodies against HIV. Conclusions: Our results reflect the need for the implementation of educational, prevention, and detection health programs with the aim to decrease the number of prenatal infections in the pregnant migrant population for preventing fatal complications both in mothers and newborns. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease 55 102629 |
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Resume: Introduction: Human migration is an activity that affects society in economic and political aspects and as a social determinant because of its differential impact on individual's health. Objective: To describe the situation of health and infectious diseases of vertical transmission risk in migrant pregnant women from an area of the Colombian Caribbean from 2019 to 2021. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out on pregnant irregular migrants in the Riohacha and Santa Marta municipalities in Colombia. Hemogram, uranalysis, toxoplasma, FTA-ABS, VDRL, rubella, hepatitis B, HIV (TORCHs), vaginal swab, basal glycemia, and transaminases, among other paraclinical tests, were done on pregnant women. Data was arranged, tabulated, and analyzed in SPSS v.23.0. A descriptive statistical analysis with measures of central tendency and dispersion for quantitative variables, and proportions analysis was done for qualitative variables. Results: A total of 555 clinical records were analyzed. Of the infectious agents with a risk of vertical transmission, syphilis was the most frequent with 3.6%. Regarding toxoplasmosis, 2.5% were IgM-positive. 4.2% of the pregnant women had IgG antibodies against Rubella and 2 women showed antibodies against HIV. Conclusions: Our results reflect the need for the implementation of educational, prevention, and detection health programs with the aim to decrease the number of prenatal infections in the pregnant migrant population for preventing fatal complications both in mothers and newborns. |
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Infectious diseases in migrant pregnant women from an area of the Colombian Caribbean |
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