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First Colombian multicentric newborn screening for congenital toxoplasmosis. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2011
AIMS: To determine the incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis in Colombian newborns from 19 hospital or maternal child health services from seven different cities of five natural geographic regions (Caribbean, Central, Andean, Amazonia and Eastern ...
Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marin, Alejandra de-la-Torre, Edith Angel-Muller, Jorge Rubio, Jaime Arenas, Elkin Osorio, Lilian Nuñez, Lyda Pinzon, Luis Carlos Mendez-Cordoba, Agustin Bustos, Isabel de-la-Hoz, Pedro Silva, Monica Beltran, Leonor Chacon, Martha Marrugo, Cristina Manjarres, Hernando Baquero, Fabiana Lora, Elizabeth Torres, Oscar Elias Zuluaga, Monica Estrada, Lacides Moscote, Myriam Teresa Silva, Raul Rivera, Angie Molina, Shirley Najera, Antonio Sanabria, Maria Luisa Ramirez, Claudia Alarcon, Natalia Restrepo, Alejandra Falla, Tailandia Rodriguez, Giovanny Castaño   +32 more
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Prevalence of Toxoplasmosis among Pregnant Women in Tobruk City, Libya

Tobruk University Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous apicomplexan parasite that causes toxoplasmosis in humans and animals. It is one of the most important parasitic infections during pregnancy and may cause severe complications, including fetal death. This study aimed to
Awad A. M. Saad, Abdelsalam F. I. Alawaj, Abdulbasit S. Mukhtar, Elham B. Idreis, Asma M. Mosa, Fatema M. Maemoun, Reem A. Yuonis   +6 more
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Congenital toxoplasmosis: an in-depth density-equalizing mapping analysis to explore its global research architecture

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Toxoplasmosis endangers the unborn child if its infectious agent - toxoplasma gondii - is transmitted transplacentally during pregnancy. Although this condition occurs in all parts of the world and represents a major public health burden, no ...
Dörthe Brüggmann, Vanessa Handl, Doris Klingelhöfer, Jenny Jaque, David A Groneberg   +4 more
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Why prevent, diagnose and treat congenital toxoplasmosis?

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009
Evidence that prevention, diagnosis and treatment of toxoplasmosis is beneficial developed as follows: anti-parasitic agents abrogate Toxoplasma gondiitachyzoite growth, preventing destruction of infected, cultured, mammalian cells and cure active ...
Rima McLeod, Francois Kieffer, Mari Sautter, Tiffany Hosten, Herve Pelloux   +4 more
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[Congenital toxoplasmosis: clinical manifestation, treatment and follow-up] [Article in Italian] • Il neonato con toxoplasmosi congenita: clinica, terapia e follow-up

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2014
Toxoplamosis is a parasitic zoonosis which occurs worldwide, but is prevalent in Europe, South America and Africa. When infection occurs for the first time during pregnancy, mother to child transmission of the parasite can cause congenital toxoplasmosis.
Lina Bollani, Mauro Stronati
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First Report of Uniparental Isodisomy of Chromosome 15 Revealing Angelman Syndrome and Microphthalmia Associated With a Novel Homozygous ALDH1A3 Variant

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Paternal isodisomy of chromosome 15 (iUPD15) is a recognized cause of Angelman syndrome (AS), accounting for approximately 2%–5% of cases. Additionally, another recognized consequence of iUPD is the unmasking of autosomal recessive disorders. However, reports of recessive disorders resulting from iUPD15 remain scarce in the literature.
Gabriela Roldão Correia‐Costa, Joana Rosa Marques Prota, Antonia Paula Marques‐de‐Faria, Carlos Eduardo Steiner, Társis Paiva Vieira   +4 more
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Epidemiological distribution of MRI‐based presumptive imaging diagnoses in a large general population of cats with suspected epileptic seizures

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The reported prevalence of feline idiopathic epilepsy (IE) and presumptive imaging diagnoses based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) varies depending on factors such as differences between primary care versus referral study populations.
Anna Knebel, Sebastian Meller, Julien Labruyère, Holger A. Volk   +3 more
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Inborn errors of immunity in children with neuroinflammation

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs), an expanding group of monogenic disorders with diverse clinical manifestations, are increasingly recognized to include neuroinflammatory disease. Examples of diseases included under this umbrella are Aicardi–Goutières syndrome, deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2, familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis ...
Eppie M Yiu, Dilan Dissanayake, Jessie Cunningham, Helen Branson, Ori Scott, E Ann Yeh   +5 more
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Neonatal Assessment Visual European Grid accuracy in detecting infants born preterm at risk of neurological impairment

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
NAVEG: a screening tool for detecting preterm newborn at risk of neurolocal impairment, key findings and diagnostic accuracy. Abstract Aim To analyse the factorial structure of the Neonatal Assessment Visual European Grid (NAVEG), its diagnostic accuracy, the discriminative capacity of its individual items, and total score in detecting infants born ...
Elisa Fazzi, Laura Malerba, Jessica Galli, Salvatore Aversa, Lotfi B. Merabet, Francesco Risso, Andrea Rossi, NAVEG Group, Patrizia Accorsi, Anna Alessandrini, Sabina Bettelli, Nicole D'adda, Erika Loi, Michela Gritti, Paola Martelli, Paola Mattei, Giuseppe Nascimbeni, Federica Tansini, Francesco Semeraro, Vania Spinoni, Serena Micheletti, Giulia Balboni   +21 more
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Hearing Disorders in Congenital Toxoplasmosis: A Literature Review

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2018
Introduction Several studies show correlations between congenital toxoplasmosis and hearing loss, with a broad diversity of levels of hearing loss and specifications of hearing disorders.
Camila de Castro Corrêa, Luciana Paula Maximino, Silke Anna Theresa Weber   +2 more
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