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    Efficacy and safety of therapies for COVID-19 in pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Clinical evidence suggests that pregnant women are more vulnerable to COVID-19, since they are at increased risk for disease progression and for obstetric complications, such as premature labor, miscarriage, p...

    Francesco Di Gennaro, Giacomo Guido, Luisa Frallonardo in BMC Infectious Diseases (2023)

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    The role of Lung Ultrasound in the diagnosis of SARS-COV-2 disease in pregnant women

    To evaluate the role of lung ultrasound (LUS) in recognizing lung abnormalities in pregnant women affected by COVID-19 pneumonia.

    Claudia Lucia Piccolo, Giuseppina Liuzzi, Ada Petrone in Journal of Ultrasound (2023)

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    CD4/CD8 ratio in pregnant women with HIV and its association with pregnancy outcome: data from a national study in Italy

    To evaluate associations between CD4/CD8 ratio and pregnancy outcomes in women with HIV.

    Marco Floridia, Carmela Pinnetti, Giulia Masuelli, Arsenio Spinillo in Infection (2021)

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    Isolated auditory neuropathy at birth in congenital cytomegalovirus infection

    Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is the most frequent non-genetic cause of sensorineural hearing-loss (SNHL) (i.e., hearing loss due to a cochlear and/or auditory nerve damage). It is widely accepte...

    Fabio Natale, Mario De Curtis, Bianca Bizzarri in Italian Journal of Pediatrics (2020)

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    Early antiretroviral treatment (eART) limits viral diversity over time in a long-term HIV viral suppressed perinatally infected child

    HIV genetic diversity implicates major challenges for the control of viral infection by the immune system and for the identification of an effective immunotherapeutic strategy. With the present case report we ...

    Paolo Palma, Paola Zangari, Claudia Alteri in BMC Infectious Diseases (2016)

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    Ganciclovir penetrates into the cerebrospinal fluid of an infant with congenital cytomegalovirus infection

    Currently, there is no evidence whether ganciclovir, or its oral prodrug valganciclovir, penetrates into the cerebrospinal fluid of human infants treated for congenital cytomegalovirus infection. Here, we repo...

    Fabio Natale, Bianca Bizzarri, Veronica Cardi in Italian Journal of Pediatrics (2015)

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    HIV-1 drug resistance in recently HIV-infected pregnant mother’s naïve to antiretroviral therapy in Dodoma urban, Tanzania

    HIV resistance affects virological response to therapy and efficacy of prophylaxis in mother-to-child-transmission. The study aims to assess the prevalence of HIV primary resistance in pregnant women naïve to ...

    Francesco Vairo, Emanuele Nicastri, Giuseppina Liuzzi in BMC Infectious Diseases (2013)