News tagged with congenital infection
Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis could reduce the risk of brain damage
Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis with antibiotics might substantially reduce the proportion of infected fetuses that develop serious neurological sequelae (brain damage, epilepsy, deafness, blindness, or developmental ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Standard heel-stick test ineffective at screening for CMV in newborns
A national study involving a UT Southwestern Medical Center neonatologist and pediatric infectious diseases specialist suggests that a screening test routinely performed in newborns is not very good at identifying cytomegalovirus ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 04, 2010 |
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Lung virus taking its toll on young lives, study finds
A common virus that causes wheezing and pneumonia claims the lives of up to two hundred thousand children worldwide each year, a study has found.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 15, 2010 |
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Common virus could cause high blood pressure
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study suggests for the first time that cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common viral infection affecting between 60 and 99 percent of adults worldwide, is a cause of high blood pressure, a leading ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 15, 2009 |
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