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Incidence and prehospital management of convulsive status epilepticus in Martinique, a French Caribbean territory

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is an acute complication that can either occur in the course of epilepsy, or reflect an acute neurological or systemic disorder. SE incidence and associated mortality vary across regions and studied populations.
Florian Negrello, Alexis Fremery, Jonathan Florentin, Sylvie Merle, Vianney Aquilina, Yannick Brouste, Dabor Resiere, Rishika Banydeen, Papa Gueye   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Genomic Fossils to Functional Elements: The Evolving Story of Pseudogenes

Advanced Genetics, EarlyView.
This review begins with an introduction, summarizing the research background in pseudogene studies. It then contains three aspects: identification of pseudogenes, detailing their classification and features in metazoan genomes; functional pseudogenes, introducing their reactivation and regulation mechanisms; and pseudogenes’ contribution to species ...
Mengyao Sun, Yanni Ma, Jia Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Zika virus infection during pregnancy and microcephaly occurrence: a review of literature and Brazilian data

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
In November of 2015, the Ministry of Health of Brazil published an announcement confirming the relationship between Zika virus and the microcephaly outbreak in the Northeast, suggesting that infected pregnant women might have transmitted the virus to ...
Newton Sérgio De Carvalho, Beatriz Freitas De Carvalho, Cyllian Arias Fugaça, Bruna Dóris, Evellyn Silverio Biscaia   +4 more
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Dynamics and Regulation of Maternal–Fetal Interface Macrophages: From Immune Tolerance to Pregnancy Outcomes

iMetaMed, EarlyView.
The maternal–fetal interface demands tolerance alongside antimicrobial defense. Plastic macrophages orchestrate inflammation resolution, tissue remodeling, and angiogenesis in normal gestation; complications (miscarriage, preterm birth) feature polarization skewing and dysfunction.
Xinyue Wang, Haochen Yang, Yunzhao Xu, Jinling Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pyridostigmine-Induced Microcephaly

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2000
The association of high-dose pyridostigmine (PYD) during pregnancy with microcephaly and CNS injury in an infant is reported from the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA.
J Gordon Millichap
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical progress note: Rubella

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Rates of rubella infection and congenital rubella syndrome decreased significantly since the introduction of the rubella vaccine in 1969. Endemic rubella was declared eliminated in the United States in 2004, and since 2012, all rubella cases in the United States have been associated with infections acquired abroad.
Adam E. Gailani, Walter Dehority, Sophie E. Katz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ZIKV Phylogenetic Characterization Reveals Evolutionary Diversity, Regional Dissemination, and Emergence of African Lineages in Brazil

Journal of Basic Microbiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the last epidemic in 2015–2016, Zika virus (ZIKV) gaining worldwide attention due to its association with neurological complications such as microcephaly and Guillain‐Barré syndrome. ZIKV can be transmitted through vector‐borne, sexual, maternal‐fetal, and blood transfusion transmission.
Thayane da Encarnação Sá‐Guimarães, Pedro Panzenhagen, Anita Ferreira do Valle, Carlos Adam Conte Junior, Mônica Ferreira Moreira   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zika Virus Potentiates the Development of Neurological Defects and Microcephaly: Challenges and Control Strategies

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Since the beginning of the Zika Virus (ZIKV) epidemic, thousands of cases presenting ZIKV symptoms were recorded in Brazil, Colombia (South America), French Polynesia and other countries of Central and North America.
Rabeea Siddique, Rabeea Siddique, Yang Liu, Yang Liu, Ghulam Nabi, Ghulam Nabi, Wasim Sajjad, Wasim Sajjad, Mengzhou Xue, Mengzhou Xue, Suliman Khan, Suliman Khan, Suliman Khan   +12 more
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"You are contagious": When talk of radiation fears overwrites the truth [PDF]

, 2012
Japanese media coverage since March 11th 2011 suggests that people from Fukushima Prefecture have faced discrimination based on people's fears of radiation, despite the fact that they pose no genuine threat.
Cantrell, Akiyo, Nilep, Chad
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Zika epidemic: a step towards understanding the infectious causes of microcephaly? [PDF]

, 2017
Patrick Gérardin, Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos, Patrícia Jungmann, João Ricardo Mendes de Oliveira, Ali Amara, Pierre Gressèns   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source