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2. 6. Quality Aspects of Maternal Health Care in Tanzania

   Author : David Paradiso Urassa; Gunilla Lindmark; Lennarth Nyström; Anders Carlstedt; Jos van Roosmalen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Obstetrics and gynaecology; quality assessment; essential obstetric; antenatal care; evaluations; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar; Obstetrics and women s diseases; Obstetrik och kvinnosjukdomar;

   Abstract : This thesis assesses some indicators of quality for maternity care in Tanzania, using antenatal management of anaemia and hypertension and emergency obstetric care as focal points. The care of pregnant women consecutively enrolled in antenatal care (n=379) was observed and compared with quality standard criteria. READ MORE

4. 7. Human parvovirus B19 : studies on the pathogenesis of infection

   Author : Thomas Tolfvenstam; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Human parvovirus B19 (B19) causes the common childhood disease erythema infectiosum. The virus is transmitted by the respiratory route, infects erythroid progenitor cells, and thereby inhibits erythropoiesis. The seroprevalence in the adult population is 50-70%, rising to over 80% among the elderly. READ MORE

5. 8. Perinatal Complications: Associations with Postpartum depressive symptoms and Neuroticism

   Author : Patricia Eckerdal; Alkistis Skalkidou; Anna-Karin Wikström; Ulf Högberg; Linnea Karlsson; Christina Hultman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; antenatal depression; ceasarean section; delivery complications; Edinburgh postnatal depression scale; EPDS; epidural analgesia; gestational diabetes mellitus; instrumental delivery; neonatal complications; neuroticism; obstetric complications; personality; perinatal complications; postpartum depression; postpartum haemorrhage; pregnancy complications; vacuum extraction; vaginal delivery; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : Even though most pregnancies and deliveries are uncomplicated, still fifteen percent of all women in developed countries suffer pregnancy-related complications. The aim of this thesis was to explore the associations between perinatal complications and perinatal maternal health, with emphasis on postpartum depressive symptoms (PPDS) and neuroticism taking into account potential confounding or mediating factors such as history of depression, antenatal depressive symptoms and delivery experience. READ MORE

6. 9. Clinical and laboratory findings in patients with persistent parvovirus 19 infection

   Author : Anders Lundqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Human parvovirus B19; persistent infection; PCR; immune defence.;

   Abstract : Parvovirus B19 (B19) is the etiological agent of the common childhood disease, erythema infectiosum (EI), also named fifth disease. About 50% of humans are infected during childhood, but the virus is also transmitted to adults and about 80 % of the elderly are seropositive. READ MORE

7. 10. Pursuing the fever trail : pathogenesis of blood-stage P. falciparum malaria and pregnancy

   Author : Niloofar Rasti; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Plasmodium falciparum; malaria; erythrocytes; pregnancy; Uganda; placental sequestration; cytoadhesion; PfEMP1; var2csa; antigenic variation; live-cell proteomic.;

   Abstract : The burden of the most virulent form of human malarias, Plasmodium falciparum, is concentrated among young children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. Excessive sequestration of parasite-infected red blood cells (pRBCs) in the capillary beds of different organs is the hallmark of P. READ MORE