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Rubella seroprevalence in pregnant women living with and without HIV in Soweto, South Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: Rubella infection during pregnancy may cause foetal death or congenital rubella syndrome. In South Africa, the national public immunization programme does not include rubella vaccination.
Noor C. Gieles, Eleonora A.M.L. Mutsaerts, Gaurav Kwatra, Louis Bont, Clare L. Cutland, Stephanie Jones, Andrew Moultrie, Shabir A. Madhi, Marta C. Nunes   +8 more
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Ethical Considerations Regarding the Vaccination of Children—The Power Dynamics Between Doctors and Parents

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While childhood vaccination programmes provide outstanding contributions to improving health, they can also pose challenges through the interactions between parents and healthcare. This paper focuses on the ethical dimensions of interactions between healthcare professionals and parents. Since the knowledge that professionals possess creates an
Mikael Sandlund, Ingemar Engström, Anders Castor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rubella transmission and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome in Liberia: a need to introduce rubella-containing vaccine in the routine immunization program

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Rubella is an RNA virus in the genus Rubivirus within the Matonaviridae family. Rubella remains a leading vaccine-preventable cause of birth defects. Most African countries including Liberia do not currently provide rubella-containing vaccine (
Abyot Bekele Woyessa, Mohammed Seid Ali, Tiala K. Korkpor, Roland Tuopileyi, Henry T. Kohar, John Dogba, April Baller, Julius Monday, Suleman Abdullahi, Thomas Nagbe, Gertrude Mulbah, Mohammed Kromah, Jeremy Sesay, Kwuakuan Yealue, Tolbert Nyenswah, Mesfin Zbelo Gebrekidan   +15 more
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Parental counselling and autopsy results: A retrospective diagnostic cohort study at a multidisciplinary fetal neurology clinic

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Plain language summary: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.70022 Abstract Aim To examine the accuracy of prenatal counselling at a multidisciplinary fetal neurology clinic (FNC) that led to termination of pregnancy (TOP), to improve the quality of future consultations. Method This retrospective diagnostic cohort study compared the imaging
Avi Shariv, Michal Gafner, Zvi Leibovitz, Letizia Schreiber, Dvora Kidron, Ayala Arad, Efrat Hadi, Stephanie Libzon, Liat Ben Sira, Maya Goldschmidt Manor, Dorit Lev, Tally Lerman‐Sagie, Liat Gindes   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence of new‐onset diabetes following COVID‐19 infection: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To estimate the prevalence of new‐onset diabetes in adults (≥ 18 years) following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. Materials and Methods This meta‐analysis includes studies written in English that measured the number of adults (≥ 18 years) diagnosed with diabetes following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.
Jordan N. Keels, Rose D. LaPlante, Christopher S. Lee, Andrew A. Dwyer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rubella immune status of neonates – a window towards seroprevalence among childbearing women

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background When contracted in pregnancy, rubella may cause serious chronic infection of the fetus and development of Congenital Rubella Syndrome. Despite widespread application of rubella vaccination, periodical outbreaks are still being reported ...
Iris Pejcic, Milica Rankovic Janevski, Aleksandra Knezevic, Djordje Jevtovic, Maja Stanojevic   +4 more
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Factors Affecting Immune Reconstitution Post‐Allogeneic HSCT in Children: The Case for an Individualized Approach to Vaccination

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is increasingly used to treat malignant and non‐malignant diseases. Following allogeneic HSCT, patients are particularly vulnerable to vaccine‐preventable diseases (VPD) because conditioning depletes immune cells, including memory cells.
Hélène Buvelot, Frederic Baleydier, Laure Pittet, Geraldine Blanchard‐Rohner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rubella epidemiology in Lesotho after vaccine introduction: a five-year review, 2018–2022

BMC Public Health
Background The rubella virus is a major contributor to birth defects globally and is preventable by vaccination. In 2020, the world was supposed to be free of both rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) however this goal has yet to be realized ...
Thabelo Makhupane, DSK Habedi
doaj   +1 more source

Crystal structure of plant γ‐glutamyl peptidase 1: implications for sulfur metabolism and secondary metabolite biosynthesis

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
The crystal structures of Arabidopsis thaliana γ‐glutamyl peptidase 1 (GGP1), including the covalent intermediate state, were determined. GGP1 is involved in both glutathione degradation in the primary metabolism and glutathione conjugate processing in the secondary metabolism of glucosinolate and camalexin biosynthesis.
Kosei Sone, Takehiro Ito, Hibiki Sawada, Chihaya Yamada, Toma Kashima, Akimasa Miyanaga, Naoko Ohkama‐Ohtsu, Shinya Fushinobu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

How useful is a history of rubella vaccination for determination of disease susceptibility? A cross-sectional study at a public funded health clinic in Malaysia

BMC Family Practice, 2013
Background Identification of pregnant women susceptible to rubella is important as vaccination can be given postpartum to prevent future risks of congenital rubella syndrome.
Cheong Ai Theng, Tong Seng Fah, Khoo Ee Ming   +2 more
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