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We aimed to evaluate the burden of maternal and congenital syphilis at the Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Peru\u2019s national referral center for maternal and perinatal care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a cross-sectional study of aggregated, de-identified surveillance data from January 2023 to December 2025. We calculated the prevalence of maternal syphilis and incidence of congenital syphilis, and compared those estimates with World Health Organization (WHO) elimination benchmarks.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 59,598 pregnant people screened, maternal syphilis prevalence ranged between 1.0% and 1.2%. Across 36,094 live births, congenital syphilis incidence ranged between 383 and 526 per 100,000 live births, consistently exceeding the WHO target of 50 per 100,000 live births. Outside facilities identified over half of maternal infections before referral. Reported treatment coverage exceeded 90% among mothers and reached 100% among infants.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Congenital syphilis incidence consistently exceeded elimination benchmarks despite relatively stable maternal syphilis prevalence, highlighting potential gaps in timely diagnosis and linkage between diagnosis and treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/09564624261487375","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]],"date-time":"2026-09-17T22:39:03Z","timestamp":1789684743000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Maternal and congenital syphilis at a national referral center in Peru, 2023\u20132025"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-1119-027X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"William","family":"Leung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carlos","family":"Vel\u00e1squez V\u00e1squez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology, Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luis","family":"Meza Santiva\u00f1ez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Investigation, Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Lima, Peru"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pedro","family":"Arango-Ochante","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidad Ricardo Palma"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2836-0174","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kelika A.","family":"Konda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Southern California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8188-9598","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Silver K.","family":"Vargas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carlos","family":"C\u00e1ceres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6922-7364","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jeffrey D.","family":"Klausner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Southern California"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4077-3476","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lao-Tzu","family":"Allan-Blitz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of California, Los Angeles"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_6_2_2","first-page":"1","volume-title":"Global progress report on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2021. 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