Found most commonly in the southern United States with
isolated cases occurring in some northern states
Not exact matches
The 3 largest
case series of infants with microcephaly also reporting congenital contractures found that, among 35, 48, and 52 infants with microcephaly and presumed congenital ZIKV infection,
isolated clubfoot
occurred in 14 %, 10.4 %, and 3.8 % and arthrogryposis in 11 %, 10.4 %, and 5.7 %, respectively.36 - 38 Among a series of 104 infants under clinical investigation, 7 (6.7 %) with presumed (5 infants) and laboratory - confirmed (2 infants) congenital ZIKV infection had arthrogryposis; 6 of these infants had a head circumference of at least 2 SD below the mean.41 All had bilateral congenital hip dislocation, which previously has been reported to
occur in 30 % to 40 % of children with arthrogryposis of various etiologies and 3 of 7 had dislocation or partial dislocation of 1 or both knees.41, 57
We used whole - genome sequencing to analyse B. pseudomallei
isolates collected from an historical 2 - year long
case cluster that
occurred in a remote northern Australian indigenous island community, where infections were previously linked to a contaminated communal water supply.
Here, we performed whole - genome sequencing of paired
isolates from the blood and CSF of 869 meningitis patients to determine whether such variation frequently
occurs between these two niches in
cases of bacterial meningitis.
While there are
isolated cases that
occur to support this myth, in general it is a falsehood.
While parvo can affect dogs of all ages, most
cases occur in puppies, so it's important to
isolate puppies from other dogs until they complete the parvo vaccination series at 16 weeks of age.