SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy: clinical characteristics and vertical transmission in a referral hospital in Peru.

Motivation for the study. There is a gap in knowledge about vertical transmission of SARS- CoV-2 and its implications for maternal and neonatal health, despite evidence of multisystem involvement in pregnant women with COVID-19. Main findings.

[Description of an outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni gastroenteritis and molecular characterization of the implicated strain].

Introduction: The aim of this study is to describe an outbreak of diarrhea caused by Campylobacter jejuni in a primary school.

Methods: Stool samples from five patients were cultured. Molecular typing of the isolated strains was performed using PCR-RFLP-flaA, PFGE and MLST.

[Application of four ELISA techniques (two for IgM and two for IgG) for serological diagnosis of an outbreak of Q fever].

Objective: To evaluate four ELISAs (commercialized by Panbio and Serion) for IgM and IgG detection in an outbreak of Q fever.

Methods: Fifty-three serum samples corresponding to 29 persons were processed. An indirect immunofluorescence assay was used as the reference method.

[Non-neurologic manifestations in hypoxic-ischemic disease in newborn infants].

The aim of this work is to determine the most important factors related with to the appearance of systemic abnormalities in hypoxic-ischemic illness after neonatal asphyxia. A total of 145 full-terms neonates affected by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), were studied. Forty-seven infants (32.

[Neurologic sequelae of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy].

The aim of this work was to determine the most important factors related to the appearance of neurodevelopmental impairment after neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). A total of 111 full-term neonates, affected by HIE and followed for at least 12 months, were studied. Three infants (2.