Search for dissertations about: "congenital cmv"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words congenital cmv.

  2. 1. Congenital CMV infection and connexin 26 mutations in childhood deafness : intervention with early cochlear implantation

    Author : Eva Karltorp; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Hearing impairment (HI) is a common disability, which affects a significant proportion of the population. Early in life, however, the risk of acquiring a HI is low, with 0.2 % of all newborns having a permanent HI, and of these, 0.04 % have a severe or profound HI. READ MORE

  4. 2. Cellular Immune Responses to Cytomegalovirus

    Author : Anna Karin Lidehäll; Olle Korsgren; Thomas Tötterman; Ineke ten Berge; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cytomegalovirus; cellular immunology; infection; immune responses; congenital infection; CD4 T cells; CD8 T cells; immunosuppressed; Clinical immunology; Klinisk immunologi;

    Abstract : Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a widespread infection affecting 50-90% of the human population. A typical silent primary infection is followed by life-long persistence in the host under control by virus-specific CD8 (“killer”) and CD4 (“helper”) T cells. READ MORE

  5. 3. Human cytomegalovirus in congenital infections and embryonal malignancies of the nervous system

    Author : Nina Wolmer Solberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a herpesvirus that may cause severe or even fatal disease in immunocompromised patients as well as severe developmental disturbances in foetuses infected in utero. In contrast, only mild symptoms are generally observed in immunocompetent individuals. Virus infections are very common in and the global prevalence is 70-90%. READ MORE

  6. 4. Neonatal cholestasis : clinical and aetiological aspects, with special reference to viral infections transmitted from mother to infant

    Author : Björn Fischler; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : neonatal cholestasis; biliary atresia; progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis; vertical transmission; CMV; HCV; GBV-C HGV;

    Abstract : Although the list of possible causes for neonatal cholestasis is long, in many cases the aetiology remains unknown. The aim of this thesis was to examine the pathogenetic role of viral infections in the early infantile cholestasis. READ MORE

  7. 5. Maternal milk feedings and cytomegalovirus infection in preterm infants in Sweden

    Author : Soley Omarsdottir; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : In Sweden, preterm infants are preferably fed human milk. Very preterm infants (< 32 weeks), who are unable to breastfeed, are fed with expressed maternal milk via a nasogastric tube. Mothers of these infants often experience difficulties in establishing and maintaining lactation. READ MORE