A newborn screening programme for congenital toxoplasmosis in the setting of a country with less income
| Autor: | Gomez‐Marin, J E, Gonzalez, M M, Montoya, M T, Giraldo, A, Castaño, J C |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Newborn screening
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Infant Newborn Antibodies Protozoan Developing country Disease Postnatal treatment Colombia Infant newborn Toxoplasmosis Congenital Congenital toxoplasmosis Neonatal Screening Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Humans Medicine Letters business Delivery of Health Care Developing Countries Mass screening |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Disease in Childhood. 92:88-88 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2044 0003-9888 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/adc.2006.106922 |
| Popis: | We read the editorial of Gilbert and Desateux.1 In their analysis, they take into account some newborn screening programmes for congenital toxoplasmosis in developing countries such as Brazil and Mexico, with reported rates of up to a maximum of 20 cases/10 000 live births; however, they did not mention our recent report that found a prevalence of 0.5% in a reference hospital in Colombia.2 This study found one child who died 1 week after birth. As we had information only on the frequency of deaths in a reference hospital, we carried out a study in a representative sample of all newborns from Quindio and found nearly the same prevalence: 0.6% (see letter in Archives of Disease in Children in response to the paper … |
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