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Vertical Transmission of Bacterial Eye Infections, Angola, 2011–2012
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 3, Pp 471-473 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2015.
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Abstract
- To determine transmission rates for neonatal conjunctivitis causative microorganisms in Angola, we analyzed 312 endocervical and 255 conjunctival samples from mothers and newborns, respectively, during 2011–2012. Transmission rates were 50% for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae and 10.5% for Mycoplasma genitalium. Possible pathogenic effects of M. genitalium in children’s eyes are unknown.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
vertical infectious disease transmission
sexually transmitted diseases
Epidemiology
bacterial eye infections
lcsh:Medicine
Chlamydia trachomatis
Mycoplasma genitalium
urologic and male genital diseases
medicine.disease_cause
History, 21st Century
Eye Infections, Bacterial
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Neonatal conjunctivitis
Microbiology
Conjunctivitis, Bacterial
Prevalence
Vertical Transmission of Bacterial Eye Infections, Angola, 2011–2012
medicine
Humans
Molecular diagnostic techniques
lcsh:RC109-216
Prospective Studies
bacteria
biology
Infectious disease transmission
Transmission (medicine)
lcsh:R
Infant, Newborn
Dispatch
Eye infection
bacterial infections and mycoses
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
eye
Virology
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
female genital diseases and pregnancy complications
Infectious Diseases
Angola
molecular diagnostic techniques
Female
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10806059 and 10806040
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b6468d0e8db03fa7e2781facac4eacf3