Respiratory viruses (including adenovirus, influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus,
coronavirus, and rhinovirus) cause a broad spectrum of disease in humans, ranging from …

Whether it is caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 or type 2, neonatal HSV infection
is a devastating disease if untreated, and more than 30% of pregnant women in the United …

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This report is a compendium of all current recommendations for the prevention of measles,
rubella, congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), and mumps. The report presents the recent …

It is well-known that the distribution of immunity in a population dictates the future incidence
of infectious disease, but this process is generally understood at individual or macroscales …

We investigated the role of maternal environmental factors in the aetiology of congenital
heart disease (CHD). A population-based case-control study (242 CHD cases, 966 controls) …

Background: In The Netherlands and Canada the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine
coverage is high. In 2004 a rubella outbreak started in the Netherlands in a population …

Neurologic infections during pregnancy represent a significant cause of maternal and fetal
morbidity and mortality. Immunologic alterations during pregnancy increase the …

Purpose To examine the associations of maternal virus infection in early pregnancy with risk
of offspring congenital heart disease (CHD) and its seven common subtypes including atrial …

Background Since 1990, most schoolchildren in the United States have received a second
dose of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR2) at kindergarten entry. Elimination of …