Systemic and cerebrospinal fluid immune and complement activation in Ugandan children and adolescents with long‐standing nodding syndrome: A case‐control study

Autor: Andrea L. Conroy, Joe Kubofcik, Kevin Marsh, Mark J. Taylor, Kioko Mwikali, Charles R. Newton, Rodney Ogwang, Ronald Anguzu, Dennis Muhanguzi, Richard Idro, Angela Vincent, Thomas B. Nutman

Publikováno v: Epilepsia Open, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 297-309 (2021)
Epilepsia Open

Objective Nodding syndrome is a poorly understood epileptic encephalopathy characterized by a unique seizure type—head nodding—and associated with Onchocerca volvulus infection. We hypothesized that altered immune activation in the cerebrospinal

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https://doi.org/10.1002/epi4.12463

Probiotics with vitamin C for the prevention of upper respiratory tract symptoms in children aged 3-10 years: randomised controlled trial

Autor: Daryn Robert Michael, Sue Plummer, Zdeňka Ďuračková, Duolao Wang, Z. Nagyová, Julian Marchesi, Iveta Garaiova, Jana Muchová, Zuzana Paduchova

Publikováno v: Beneficial microbes. 12(5)

In a double-blind, randomised, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study, healthy school children aged 3-10 years received a probiotic based supplement daily for 6 months to assess the impact on the incidence and duration of upper respiratory tract in

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34511049

Facilitators and barriers to retention in care under universal antiretroviral therapy (Option B+) for the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT): A narrative review

Autor: Tina Lavender, Tiwonge Ethel Mbeya Munkhondya, Rebecca Smyth

Publikováno v: International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, Vol 15, Iss, Pp 100372-(2021)

Background\ud Mother to child transmission (MTCT) is the most significant sources of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) in children. The risk of HIV transmission from the mother to the child, during pregnancy, birthing and breastfeeding, ranges from

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139121000950

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines for preventing acute otitis media in children

Autor: Sévaux, Joline LH, Venekamp, Roderick P, Lutje, Vittoria, Hak, Eelko, Schilder, Anne, Sanders, Elisabeth, Damoiseaux, Roger

Background\ud Prior to introducing pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs), Streptococcus pneumoniae was most commonly isolated from the middle ear fluid of children with acute otitis media (AOM). Reducing nasopharyngeal colonisation of this bacterium

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https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/16263/1/S-vaux_et_al-2020-Cochrane_Database_of_Systematic_Reviews.pdf

Iron status of Burkinabé adolescent girls predicts malaria risk in the following rainy season

Autor: Stephen A Roberts, Loretta Brabin, Sabine Gies, Bernard J. Brabin, Salou Diallo, Halidou Tinto

Publikováno v: Nutrients
Volume 12
Issue 5
Brabin, L, Roberts, S A, Tinto, H, Gies, S, Diallo, S & Brabin, B 2020, ' Iron Status of Burkinabé Adolescent Girls Predicts Malaria Risk in the Following Rainy Season ', Nutrients, vol. 12, no. 5, 1446, pp. 1-15 . https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12051446
Nutrients, Vol 12, Iss 1446, p 1446 (2020)

High levels of storage iron may increase malaria susceptibility. This risk has not been investigated in semi-immune adolescents. We investigated whether baseline iron status of non-pregnant adolescent girls living in a high malaria transmission area

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https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/14441/1/Brabin-2020-Iron-status-of-burkinabe-adolescent.pdf