maternal infection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaternalandinfection
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maternal
adjective
uk/məˈtɜː.nəl/us/məˈtɝː.nəl/
behaving or feeling in the way that a mother does towards her child, especially in a kind, ...
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infection
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/
a condition in which bacteria or viruses that cause disease have entered ...
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(Definition ofmaternalandinfectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Influence ofmaternalinfectionon offspring resistance towards parasites.
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Alternative methods for measuring the incidence ofmaternalinfectionare problematic.
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A significantly larger number of those with affective disorder suffered amaternalinfectionin the 5th month of gestation.
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Disruption of the placental barrier may increase the vulnerability of the fetus tomaternalinfection.
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Prenatal exposure tomaternalinfectionalters cytokine expression in the placenta, amniotic fluid, and fetal brain.
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Epidemiological studies have linkedmaternalinfectionduring pregnancy and the later development of neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and autism.
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This may either be unrecognisedmaternalinfectionor truly asymptomatic infection.
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The ratio of observed to expected numbers of cases gives a relative risk, which is adjusted for gestational age atmaternalinfection.
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Maternalinfectionwith parasites during pregnancy is considered as a risk factor which may increase the susceptibility to homologous infection in their offspring after birth.
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Gestational age atmaternalinfectionwas estimated prospectively and was therefore blind to the outcome.
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Amniocentesis was performed not less than 4 weeks after the date ofmaternalinfection.
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In our opinion, what should be a matter of concern are the diagnostic criteria used to identify the type ofmaternalinfection.
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We should point out that in none of these studies with positive or negative findings was any direct evidence of an actualmaternalinfectiondemonstrated.
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Review : influence ofmaternalinfectionon offspring resistance towards parasites.
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Two other studies have analysed the effect of prenatal treatment after adjustment for gestation atmaternalinfection.
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In addition, gestational age at the time ofmaternalinfectionplays an important role in the development of fetal infection.
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Acquisition ofmaternalinfectioncould come from 2 sources : infection acquired during pregnancy or vertical transmission.
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From a practical point of view, whenever possible, we do not perform prenatal diagnosis procedures before at least 6 weeks have elapsed from the onset ofmaternalinfection.
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