Facts and fictions about Toxoplasma gondii in women of Misan province by Rasha Khalil Abduljalil Alsaad

“…Almost always, 99.45% of women thought that it is a cause of abortion, stillbirth, and congenital anomalies. In addition, only 16.99% of women in this survey know that there are over two million new cases of toxoplasmosis in the world annually. …”
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Adverse pregnancy outcomes in sickle cell trait: a prospective cohort study evaluating clinical and haematological parameters in postpartum mothers and newborns by Ali, Eltigani Hassan, Alkindi, Salam, Mohamed, Abdelrahim Osman, Awadalla, K. E., Abdlgadir, O., Adam, Gareeba, Morsi, Magdi M., Ibrahim, A. K., Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

“…Additionally, there were more miscarriages, stillbirths, and admissions to the Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) in the SCT group. …”
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Mathematical and behavioural ecology of mosquitoes in response to environmental change by Heath, K

“…Malaria remains the leading cause of stillbirth, dengue fever affects over 300 million people each year and chikungunya has caused numerous large outbreaks over the last two decades. …”

Ursodeoxycholic acid versus placebo in women with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (PITCHES): a randomised controlled trial. by Chappell, L, Bell, J, Smith, A, Linsell, L, Juszczak, E, Dixon, P, Chambers, J, Hunter, R, Dorling, J, Williamson, C, Thornton, J, Pitches Study Group

“…<p><strong>BACKGROUND:</strong> Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, characterised by maternal pruritus and increased serum bile acid concentrations, is associated with increased rates of stillbirth, preterm birth, and neonatal unit admission. …”

The incidence, characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women hospitalized with symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK from March to September 2020: a national... by Vousden, N, Bunch, K, Morris, E, Simpson, N, Gale, C, O’Brien, P, Quigley, M, Brocklehurst, P, Kurinczuk, J, Knight, M

“…Cesarean births and neonatal unit admission were increased regardless of symptom status (symptomatic aOR 2.60, (1.97–3.42) and aOR 3.08, (1.99–4.77); asymptomatic aOR 2.02, (1.52–2.70) and aOR 1.84, (1.12–3.03)). The risks of stillbirth or neonatal death were not significantly increased, regardless of symptom status. …”

Prevalence of glucose intolerance and factors that influence it among pregnant women with and without risk at Antenatal Clinic, HUKM. Cheras, 1999 by Siti Rafiaah Ismail, Khadijah Shamsuddin

“…1Jng pregnant women without risk factors and with risk factors like age maternal age more than 35 years, maternal weight more than 80 kg, positive family history of diabetes mellitus, previous obstetric history of gestational diabetes, give birth to baby with congenital malformation, stillbirth, neonatal death, polihydrarnnios, spontaneous abortion, give birth to baby more than 4 kg, vaginal discharge, urinary tract infection, glycosuria, and abnormal random blood sugar. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of gestational diabetes mellitus in Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lee, Kai Wei, Ching, Siew Mooi, Ramachandran, Vasudevan, Yee, Anne, Hoo, Fan Kee, Chia, Yook Chin, Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa, Suppiah, Subapriya, Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi, Veettil, Sajesh K.

“…Other risk factors include a BMI ≥25 kg/m 2 (OR 3.27, 95% CI 2.81-3.80); pregnancy-induced hypertension (OR 3.20, 95% CI 2.19-4.68); family history of diabetes (OR 2.77, 2.22-3.47); history of stillbirth (OR 2.39, 95% CI 1.68-3.40); polycystic ovary syndrome (OR 2.33, 95% CI1.72-3.17); history of abortion (OR 2.25, 95% CI 1.54-3.29); age ≥ 25 (OR 2.17, 95% CI 1.96-2.41); multiparity ≥2 (OR 1.37, 95% CI 1.24-1.52); and history of preterm delivery (OR 1.93, 95% CI 1.21-3.07). …”

Knowledge and Anxiety of Pregnant Women towards COVID-19 Pandemic in the Prevaccination Phase by Bharti Singh, Anusha Devalla, Kameshwarachari Pushpalatha, Namita Gautam, Deepti Dabar

“…A lot of concern still prevails around the adverse foeto-maternal outcomes such as preterm birth, stillbirth, increased caesarean rates, maternal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Immunization with a Multivalent <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> Vaccine Leads to a Strong Reduction in Vertical Transmission and Cerebral Parasite Burden in Pregnant and Non-Pregnant... by Dennis Imhof, William Pownall, Kai Pascal Alexander Hänggeli, Camille Monney, Laura Rico-San Román, Luis-Miguel Ortega-Mora, Franck Forterre, Anna Oevermann, Andrew Hemphill

“…<i>Neospora caninum</i> is an apicomplexan parasite that causes abortion and stillbirth in cattle. We employed the pregnant neosporosis mouse model to investigate the efficacy of a modified version of the attenuated <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> vaccine vector Lm3Dx_NcSAG1, which expresses the major <i>N. caninum</i> surface antigen SAG1. …”
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Outcomes of Prospectively Followed Pregnancies in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter Study from Romania by Anca Bobircă, Anca Angela Simionescu, Anca Emanuela Mușetescu, Cristina Alexandru, Florin Bobircă, Mihai Bojincă, Andra Bălănescu, Mihaela Micu, Codrina Ancuța, Romina Sima, Laura Andreoli, Ioan Ancuța

“…The frequency of APO in RA patients was 41.5%, 18.3% experienced spontaneous abortions, 11.0% underwent preterm deliveries, 7.3% had small for gestational age infants, 4.9% experienced intrauterine growth restriction, 1.2% experienced stillbirth, and 1.2% suffered from eclampsia. The risk of APO was correlated with a maternal age higher than 35 years (<i>p</i> = 0.028, OR = 5.59). …”
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Embryonic Stage of Congenital Zika Virus Infection Determines Fetal and Postnatal Outcomes in Mice by Eri Nakayama, Yasuhiro Kawai, Satoshi Taniguchi, Jessamine E. Hazlewood, Ken-ichi Shibasaki, Kenta Takahashi, Yuko Sato, Bing Tang, Kexin Yan, Naoko Katsuta, Shigeru Tajima, Chang Kweng Lim, Tadaki Suzuki, Andreas Suhrbier, Masayuki Saijo

“…Infection with ZIKV strain PRVABC59 from embryonic day 6.5 (E6.5) to E8.5, corresponding to the mid-first trimester in humans, caused fetal death, fetal resorption, or severe IUGR, whereas infection from E9.5 to E14.5, corresponding to the late-first to second trimester in humans, caused stillbirth, neonatal death, microcephaly, and postnatal growth deficiency. …”
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Cohort profile: the Pregnancy Risk Infant Surveillance and Measurement Alliance (PRISMA) – Pakistan by Fyezah Jehan, Uzma Khan, Zahra Hoodbhoy, Emily Smith, Fouzia Farooq, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Ali Jaffar, Sabahat Naz, Nida Yazdani, Muhammad Kashif, Zaid Hussain

“…A total of 3731 pregnant women with a mean age of 26.6±5.8 years at the time of pregnancy with neonatal outcomes between January 2021 and August 2022 serve as a baseline for the PRISMA Pakistan study.Findings to date In this cohort, live births accounted for the majority of pregnancy outcomes (92%, n=3478), followed by miscarriages/abortions (5.5%, n=205) and stillbirths (2.6%, n=98). Twenty-two per cent of women (n=786) delivered at home. …”
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Development of a colloidal gold immunochromatographic strip with enhanced signal for the detection of bovine parvovirus by Xiaoli Yu, Yanping Jiang, Songsong Zhang, Caihong Wang, Ruichong Wang, Lanlan Zhang, Siming Tao, Wen Cui, Jiaxuan Li, Xinyuan Qiao

“…Bovine parvovirus (BPV) is a pathogen responsible for respiratory and digestive tract symptoms in calves and abortion and stillbirth in pregnant cows. In this study, we developed a colloidal gold immunochromatographic (GICG) strip with an enhanced signal for detecting BPV according to the double-antibody sandwich principle and an enzyme-based signal amplification system to amplify the signal. …”
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Erythronate utilization activates VdtR regulating its metabolism to promote Brucella proliferation, inducing abortion in mice by Yi Yin, Tian Fang, Zhengmin Lian, Dong Zuo, Hai Hu, Guangdong Zhang, Chan Ding, Mingxing Tian, Shengqing Yu

“…In a pregnant mouse model, the erythronate metabolic pathway was shown to cooperate with erythritol metabolism and play a crucial role in Brucella proliferation in the placenta, inducing placentitis and finally resulting in abortion or stillbirth. Our results demonstrate that, in addition to erythritol, erythronate is a preferred carbon source for Brucella utilization to promote its extracellular proliferation. …”
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Pregnancy-Related Complications and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review by Tariq Al Bahhawi, Abdulwahab Aqeeli, Stephanie L. Harrison, Deirdre A. Lane, Flemming Skjøth, Iain Buchan, Andrew Sharp, Nathalie Auger, Gregory Y. H. Lip

“…Pregnancy-related complications examined included hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), gestational diabetes, placental abruption, preterm birth, small-for-gestational-age and stillbirth. Study selection, data extraction and quality assessment were completed independently by two reviewers. …”
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Preeclampsia at delivery is associated with lower serum vitamin D and higher antiangiogenic factors: a case control study by David B. Seifer, Geralyn Lambert-Messerlian, Glenn E. Palomaki, Robert M. Silver, Corette Parker, Carol J. Rowland Hogue, Barbara J. Stoll, George R. Saade, Robert L. Goldenberg, Donald J. Dudley, Radek Bukowski, Halit Pinar, Uma M. Reddy

“…Methods This nested case control study analyzed frozen serum samples at the time of delivery and related clinical data from women with singleton liveborn pregnancies who had participated in studies of the NICHD Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network. Women with a recorded finding of preeclampsia and who had received magnesium sulfate treatment prior to delivery were considered index cases (N = 56). …”
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Sex-Biased lncRNA Signature in Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) by Aleksandra Lipka, Jan Pawel Jastrzebski, Lukasz Paukszto, Karol Gustaw Makowczenko, Elzbieta Lopienska-Biernat, Marek Gowkielewicz, Ewa Lepiarczyk, Marta Wiszpolska, Mariusz Krzysztof Majewski, Marta Majewska

“…Impaired fetal growth is one of the most important causes of prematurity, stillbirth and infant mortality. The pathogenesis of idiopathic fetal growth restriction (FGR) is poorly understood but is thought to be multifactorial and comprise a range of genetic causes. …”
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Relationship between piglets’ survivability and farrowing kinetics in hyper-prolific sows by Alexandra Schoos, Bruno Bracco Donatelli Muro, Rafaella Fernandes Carnevale, Ilias Chantziaras, Evelien Biebaut, Geert Paul Jules Janssens, Dominiek Maes

“…Conclusion Reducing farrowing duration may be crucial to decrease stillbirth rate and neonatal mortality in hyperprolific sows. …”
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Completion and determinants of a continuum of care in maternal health services in Benishangul Gumuz region: A prospective follow-up study by Muluwas Amentie Zelka, Muluwas Amentie Zelka, Alemayehu Worku Yalew, Gurmesa Tura Debelew

“…The enabling factors were having information on maternal health services (AOR = 2.25; 95% CI: 1.11–4.55), iron and folic acid supplementation (AOR = 2.58; 95% CI: 1.37–4.86), tetanus toxoid vaccination during pregnancy (AOR = 2.21; 95% CI: 1.39–3.52), having pregnant-related problems (AOR = 2.1; 95% CI: 1.15–3.71), dry and stimulate newborn (AOR = 2.61; 95% CI: 1.42–4.77), appropriate cord care (AOR = 2.01; 95% CI: 1.07–3.79), and immunizing newborn (AOR = 6.9; 95% CI: 3.79–12.59), whereas risk factors were ever having a stillbirth (AOR = 0.52; 95% CI: 0.32–0.85) and delay of 1st ANC initiation at 4–6 months of pregnancy (AOR = 0.45; 95% CI: 0.3–0.68).ConclusionThe completion rates via visit-based, content-based, and space dimensions were low. …”
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Autoimmune diseases and adverse pregnancy outcomes: an umbrella review by Megha Singh, Steven Wambua, Siang Ing Lee, Kelvin Okoth, Zhaonan Wang, Fathima Fazla Ahamed Fayaz, Kelly-Ann Eastwood, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, John A. Reynolds, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Francesca Crowe, on behalf of MuM-PreDiCT

“…There was a higher risk of stillbirth in women with T1DM OR 3.97 (3.44–4.58), IBD OR 1.57 (1.03–2.38), and coeliac disease OR 1.57 (1.17–2.10). …”
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