Evaluation of the quantitative fetal fibronectin test and PAMG-1 test for the prediction of spontaneous preterm birth in patients with signs and symptoms suggestive of preterm labor.

The objective of this study is to compare the qualitative fFN test at 50 ng/ml threshold to novel methods for assessing risk of imminent sPTB in women with symptoms of preterm labor (PTL): (1) quantitative fetal fibronectin (qfFN) at four thresholds: 10, 50, 200, and 500 ng/ml; and (2) qualitative PAMG-1 test. Consecutive patients presenting with singleton pregnancies, signs of PTL, gestational age 23.1-34.

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus during Pregnancy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2013.

As of June 19, 2015, the World Health Organization had received 1,338 notifications of laboratory-confirmed infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Little is known about the course of or treatment for MERS-CoV in pregnant women. We report a fatal case of MERS-CoV in a pregnant woman administered combination ribavirin-peginterferon-α therapy.