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January 2025
Hainan Women and Children's Medical Center, Haikou, 571199, Hainan, China.
This observational investigation aimed to explore potential risk factors for anemia in pregnancy. Firstly, a cross-sectional study was conducted, encompassing a review of clinical data of 43,201 pregnant women admitted to the Hainan Women and Children's Medical Center between January 2017 and December 2020. Comparison between women with and without anemia in pregnancy revealed significant differences between the two groups concerning age, gestational diabetes, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, chronic hepatitis B virus infection, syphilis infection, and human immunodeficiency virus infection.
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September 2024
College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, SAU.
Transplacental transmission of spirochetes from an infected mother to the fetus during pregnancy results in the infectious condition known as congenital syphilis (CS). Once a forgotten disease, CS has now re-emerged. We report the clinical case of an early CS in a neonate girl presented with severe congenital pneumonia (pneumonia alba) requiring intubation, along with skin lesions that were visible from birth on the palms and soles of the feet.
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October 2024
Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fever, Evandro Chagas Institute, Ananindeua, Pará, Brazil. Electronic address:
Background: Oropouche fever, an orthobunyavirus disease endemic in Brazilian Amazon, has caused many febrile epidemics. In 2024, an epidemic of Oropouche fever spread in Brazil, with more than 7930 cases reported between Jan 1 and Aug 31. Infections in pregnant people have suggested the possibility of negative fetal consequences, therefore we tested newborns with microcephaly for known congenital pathogens and Oropouche virus (OROV).
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July 2024
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Bowling Green, USA.
Syphilis can affect multiple organs in the secondary or tertiary stages of the disease. Recent reports have suggested an increase in the incidence of the disease. Involvement of the lung has been rarely described in syphilis.
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July 2024
Department of Medical Science, Dermatologic Clinic, University of Turin Medical School, Turin, Italy.
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