Abstract
Objective: To establish the prevalence of congenital syphilis (CS) characterizing the epidemiological profile and factors associated with transmission in Piauí. Methods: Descriptive epidemiological research carried out through the SINAN Information System to study the epidemiological profile of CS in Piauí from 2013 to 2017. The information was collected in July 2018, between 2013 and 2017. There were collected in SINAN (N = 1624). Results: It was observed that the highest occurrence of cases occurred from 2015 (201.36%). In 2013 the percentage of congenital syphilis was 3.17 per live birth, where there was a substantial increase to 8.63 cases in 2015 and 9.28 cases in 2016. Conclusion: The research shows that there are still many cases of the disease in the state of Piauí, so the study aimed to contribute to a reflection about greater knowledge about congenital syphilis evidencing the need for more studies in this sense. However, it is with assertiveness that this work will facilitate future proposals that seek to know and establish the prevalence of SC in a way that characterizes the epidemiological profile and factors associated with transmission in Piauí.