The impact of COVID-19 lockdown on children with recurrent wheezing and asthma in Spain.

Aim: The rapid spread of a novel human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 led to drastic measures world-wide. Most countries were forced to declare a national lockdown. We studied the effect of lockdown measures on the level of asthma control and maintenance treatment in children with recurrent wheezing and asthma during the first wave of COVID-19 in Spain.

Parainfluenza 3 Respiratory Infection Associated with Pericardial Effusion in a Very Low Birthweight Infant.

Parainfluenza 3 virus is a frequent cause of respiratory infections in the pediatric population although it is uncommonly diagnosed in neonates, being usually reported as neonatal intensive care unit microepidemics. We report a case of parainfluenza 3 respiratory infection associated with pericardial effusion in a very low birthweight infant.

[Seroprevalence and vertical transmission of Chagas disease in a cohort of Latin-american pregnant women in a tertiary hospital in Madrid].

Background: Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is endemic in Latin-America and is emerging in Spain due to immigration. The vertical transmission rate is around 5%.