Infectious Disease - OB/TORCH Infections News & Articles

1 Infectious Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Relation to Time of Birth Modifies the Risk of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Infancy: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, May 20, 2013    Review Article

2 Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in resource-limited settings: assessment of 99 Viramune Donation Programmes in 34 countries, 2000--2011 Full Text BMC Public Health, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

3 The Receptor Attachment Function of Measles Virus Hemagglutinin Can Be Replaced with an Autonomous Protein That Binds Her2/neu While Maintaining Its Fusion-Helper Function Journal of Virology, May 17, 2013    Review Article

4 Congenital Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus: When to Consider the Diagnosis Journal of Child Neurology, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

5 The global epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis: a systematic review American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, May 15, 2013    Review Article

6 Effect of the Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device on Genital HIV-1 RNA Shedding Among HIV-1–Infected Women Not Taking Antiretroviral Therapy in Nairobi, Kenya Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

7 Outcomes of home visits for pregnant mothers and their infants: a cluster randomized controlled trial AIDS, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

8 Association of IL-4 and IL-10 maternal haplotypes with immune responses to P. falciparum in mothers and newborns Full Text BMC Infectious Diseases, May 14, 2013    Review Article

9 Waning of Maternal Antibodies Against Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella in Communities With Contrasting Vaccination Coverage The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 10, 2013    Clinical Article

10 Is Pregnancy Associated with Severe Dengue? A Review of Data from the Rio de Janeiro Surveillance Information System Full Text PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 10, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Article

11 Breast Milk as a Possible Route of Vertical Transmission of Dengue Virus Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 9, 2013

12 Reasons for poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy postnatally in HIV-1 infected women treated for their own health: experiences from the Mitra Plus study in Tanzania Full Text BMC Public Health, May 8, 2013    Review Article

13 Modern diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection Sexually Transmitted Infections, May 7, 2013    Clinical Article

14 Genotoxic Signature in Cord Blood Cells of Newborns Exposed In Utero to a Zidovudine-Based Antiretroviral Combination The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 6, 2013    Clinical Article

15 Evaluation of the APTIMA Combo 2 Assay using self-administered vaginal swabs for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 6, 2013    Review Article

16 Observational study to assess pregnant women’s knowledge and behaviour to prevent toxoplasmosis, listeriosis and cytomegalovirus Full Text BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, May 6, 2013    Clinical Article

17 Reduced varicella-zoster-virus (VZV)-specific lymphocytes and IgG antibody avidity in solid organ transplant recipients Vaccine , May 3, 2013    Clinical Article

18 Long-term Effectiveness of Varicella Vaccine: A 14-Year, Prospective Cohort Study Pediatrics, May 2, 2013    Clinical Article

19 Evaluation of HIV and HAART on the natural history of HPV infection and cervical cytopathology in HIV-positive and high risk HIV-negative women The Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 1, 2013    Clinical Article

20 Update on chlamydia and gonorrhea screening during pregnancy Nursing for Women's Health, May 1, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Prediction of Fetal Infection in Cases With Cytomegalovirus Immunoglobulin M in the First Trimester of Pregnancy: A Retrospective Cohort Clinical Infectious Diseases, March 7, 2013

2 Global Estimates of Syphilis in Pregnancy and Associated Adverse Outcomes: Analysis of Multinational Antenatal Surveillance Data PLoS Medicine, March 4, 2013    Free full text

3 A series of 238 Cytomegalovirus primary infections during pregnancy: description and outcome Prenatal Diagnosis, April 12, 2013

4 Tularemia during pregnancy Infection, April 5, 2013

5 Hepatitis B vaccination with or without hepatitis B immunoglobulin at birth to babies born of HBsAg-positive mothers prevents overt HBV transmission but may not prevent occult HBV infection in babies: a randomized controlled trial Journal of Viral Hepatitis, April 25, 2013

6 Associations with asymptomatic colonization with candida in women reporting past vaginal candidiasis: An observational study European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, April 23, 2013

7 Intravaginal practices and risk of bacterial vaginosis and candidiasis infection among a cohort of women in the united states Obstetrics and Gynecology, March 25, 2013

8 Hepatitis C Virus in Pregnancy American Journal of Perinatology, February 7, 2013

9 Mother-to-Child Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Among HIV/HCV-Coinfected Women Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, February 22, 2013

10 Midtrimester Fetal Herpes Simplex-2 Diagnosis by Serology, Culture and Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy, February 8, 2013

11 Rubella seroprevalence among pregnant women in Burkina Faso BMC Infectious Diseases, April 5, 2013    Free full text

12 Congenital Toxoplasma Infection: Monthly Prenatal Screening Decreases Transmission Rate and Improves Clinical Outcome at Age 3 Years Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 10, 2013

13 Infection of the central nervous system caused by varicella zoster virus reactivation: a retrospective case series study International Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 9, 2013