Background: The cytomeglovirus infection is among the most feared complications in patients with immunological immaturity (preterm) and immunosuppressed (patients with bone marrow transplantation). The antigenemia or the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests have been routinely used for the detection of CMV in immunosuppressed patients. However, using these techniques for the...
In Mexico, the maternal-fetal transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi has been little studied, the first case was published in 1998 and to date there are no more official reports. We determinate the T. cruzi infection prevalence in 1448 pregnant women from Oaxaca state, Jalisco state and Mexico City, as well as...
To conduct an encephalic structural evaluation in term foetuses of pregnant rabbits which underwent a controlled ischemic/reperfusion event prior to the dosed administration of thiamine pyrophosphate constitutes a vital research labour inasmuch as the brain injuries associated to a hypoxic perinatal event represent a health problem rooted in the permanent...