Publications by authors named "Begona Encinas"
Article Synopsis
- HTLV antenatal screening is currently not mandatory in Spain, but the migration of pregnant women from endemic regions has increased, raising concerns about the prevalence of HTLV-1 among foreign women.
- A study from January 2021 to October 2023 examined nearly 10,000 pregnant women in Spanish clinics, revealing that while only 0.05% tested positive for HTLV-1 overall, the prevalence was significantly higher (0.55%) among Latin American women.
- The findings suggest that including anti-HTLV testing in antenatal care for pregnant women from Latin America is crucial, especially considering that the rates have risen compared to earlier surveys.
The 2022 annual meeting of the HTLV & HIV-2 Spanish Network was held in Madrid on December 14. We summarize here the main information presented and discussed at the workshop and review time trends for human retroviral infections in Spain. As transmissible agents, infections by human retroviruses are of obligatory declaration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Prognostic markers for fetal transmission of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy are poorly understood. Maternal CMV-specific T-cell responses may help prevent fetal transmission and thus, we set out to assess whether this may be the case in pregnant women who develop a primary CMV infection.
Methods: A multicenter prospective study was carried out at 8 hospitals in Spain, from January 2017 to April 2020.
Aim: Oxytocin is a hormone involved in the mechanism of breastfeeding, uterine contractions, and social relationships. Atosiban (competitive oxytocin antagonist) is one of the most commonly used tocolytics for the threat of preterm labor in Europe. The aim of this study is to determinate if the administration of atosiban has any influence in the type of feeding in the term newborn at discharge.
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