The Role of Face Masks in the Recognition of Emotions by Preschool Children.

This cohort study of children in a single day care examines their ability to correctly identify emotions of caregivers with and without face masks.

Risk factors for urinary tract infections in children aged 0-36months presenting with fever without source and evaluated for risk of serious bacterial infections.

Background: Children younger than 36 months with fever without a source (FWS) are at risk of serious bacterial infections (SBI). The risk of occult bacteremia (OB) has been greatly reduced in vaccinated children. The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiology of SBI in children with FWS in our setting and to evaluate the performance of our management algorithm.

Single doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and poliomyelitis vaccines are sufficient to generate a booster-type response to tetanus in most migrant children.

Background: Immunization coverage for three doses of the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis and poliomyelitis vaccines in infants is high worldwide, therefore despite the lack of documentation of past vaccinations, most migrant children do not require complete revaccination. Our strategy was to administer a single dose of a tetanus toxoid containing vaccine (TTCV) to migrant children followed by anti-tetanus toxoid (TT) serology to determine whether additional vaccine doses were required. Our goal was to estimate the basic TTCV coverage and to identify potential determinants of the vaccination response.

High coverage of hepatitis B vaccination and low prevalence of chronic hepatitis B in migrant children dictate a new catch-up vaccination strategy.

Background: Worldwide coverage of hepatitis B (HB) vaccination is increasing. This should be considered when determining the best strategy for catch-up HB vaccination in migrant children, who rarely have written proof of past immunizations. This study aimed to estimate HB vaccine protection, chronic HB prevalence and to identify determinants of vaccine protection.

[Leptospirosis in a family after whitewater rafting in Thailand].

Leptospirosis is a zoonosis found worldwide, with an incidence that is approximately 10 times higher in the tropics than in temperate regions. The main reservoir of leptospirosis is the rat and human infection usually results from exposure to infected animal urine or tissues. Only 10% of cases are symptomatic.