Results 51 to 60 of about 44,692 (273)

Congenital syphilis in East Baton Rouge parish, Louisiana: providers’ and women’s perspectives

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Congenital syphilis is completely preventable through screening and treatment, but rates have been rising in the United States. Certain areas are at particularly high risk. We aimed to assess attitudes, knowledge, and barriers around effective
Emily W. Harville, Gloria P. Giarratano, Pierre Buekens, Eurydice Lang, Jennifer Wagman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Interrupted Time Series Analysis in Understanding the Course of the Congenital Syphilis Epidemic in Brazil

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas, 2022
Summary: Background: To fight against the rising incidence of syphilis, the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH) launched the “Syphilis No!” Project (SNP), with specific resources funded by a parliamentary amendment.
Rafael Pinto, Ricardo Valentim, Lyrene Fernandes da Silva, Gustavo Fontoura de Souza, Thaísa Góis Farias de Moura Santos Lima, Carlos Alberto Pereira de Oliveira, Marquiony Marques dos Santos, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, Aliete Cunha-Oliveira, Vivekanandan Kumar, Rifat Atun   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid diagnostic test for antenatal syphilis screening in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2018
OBJECTIVES: To undertake a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the test performance including sensitivity and specificity of rapid immunochromatographic syphilis (ICS) point-of-care (POC) tests at antenatal clinics compared with reference ...
Castro, R., Hamilton, J., Harnan, S., Marinho, D.S., Martyn-St James, M., Phang Romero Casas, C.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination at 3 Months in Infants at Risk for Congenital Infections: A Cohort Study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction STORCH refers to a group of congenital infections (syphilis, toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus and herpes) that can impact the central nervous system. As clinical signs may not appear until several months or years after birth, the early detection of risk in STORCH‐exposed infants has been challenging, and the use of ...
Karen Cristine Oliveira de Azambuja, Amanda de Arguelho Oliveira Arguelho, Meyene Duque Weber, Lorrainy Marques da Silva Dutra, Tathiana Ghisi de Souza, Daniele Soares‐Marangoni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Missed opportunities in preventing mother-to-child transmission of syphilis in the indigenous population in central Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2023
Objectives: to estimate the detection rate of syphilis in pregnant women, the occurrence of congenital syphilis, and the rate of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis, in addition to analyzing missed opportunities in the prevention of mother-to-child ...
Renata Palópolí Pícoli, Luiza Helena de Oliveira Cazola   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The incidence of congenital syphilis in the United Kingdom: February 2010 to January 2015 [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence of congenital syphilis in the UK. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING AND POPULATION: United Kingdom. METHODS: Children born between February 2010 and January 2015 with a suspected diagnosis of congenital syphilis were
Evans, B, Fifer, H, Goh, BT, Ison, C, Lyall, H, Simms, I, Tookey, PA, Townsend, CL   +7 more
core  

Hybrid cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies directed against Treponema [PDF]

, 1985
Continuous hybrid cell lines for producing monoclonal antibodies directed against antigens of Treponema pallidum have been developed. The hybrid cell lines were established by fusing differentiated lymphoid cells primed with antigens of Treponema ...
Kettman, John R., Norgard, Michael V.
core   +1 more source

Porphyromonas gingivalis GroEL accelerates abdominal aortic aneurysm formation by matrix metalloproteinase‐2 SUMOylation in vascular smooth muscle cells: A novel finding for the activation of MMP‐2

Molecular Oral Microbiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Infection is a known cause of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and matrix metalloproteases‐2 (MMP‐2) secreted by vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a key role in the structural disruption of the middle layer of the arteries during AAA progression.
Yi‐Wen Lin, Feng‐Yen Lin, Ze‐Hao Lai, Chien‐Sung Tsai, Yi‐Ting Tsai, Yen‐Sung Huang, Chen‐Wei Liu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reemergence of Congenital Syphilis in the United States: A Narrative Review

Venereology
Congenital syphilis, a preventable and deadly disease, has witnessed an alarming resurgence in the US in recent years, posing a vital public health challenge.
Omar Aboudawoud, Shahrukh Chaudhry, Pallavi Dubey, Ghislain Hardy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Congenital Syphilis—An Illustrative Review

Children, 2023
Congenital syphilis is caused by the spirochete, Treponema pallidum, which can be transmitted from an infected mother to her fetus during pregnancy or by contact with a maternal lesion at the time of delivery.
Deepika Sankaran, Elizabeth Partridge, Satyan Lakshminrusimha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source