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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
O'Connor, Siobhán ; Fairweather, DeLisa ; Pearce, Brad D. ; Rasmussen, Sonja
O'Connor, Siobhán ; Fairweather, DeLisa ; Pearce, Brad D. ; Rasmussen, Sonja Less -
Conference Authors:
International Conference on Women’s Health and Infectious Diseases (2004 : February 27–28 : Atlanta, GA)
Description:
Infections can directly or indirectly cause chronic conditions through progressive pathology (e.g., chronic infection, inflammation, immunity, malignant transformation), sudden permanent insults (e.g., West Nile virus poliomyelitis paralysis), or by predisposing people to noninfectious sequelae (e.g., neurologic consequences of preterm birth). Bacteria, parasites, prions, viruses, and fungi may be the single or one of several factors contributing to chronic disease; one organism can cause more than one syndrome, and diverse pathogens produce similar syndromes as pathways to disease converge (1). Certain potential outcomes disproportionately affect women (e.g., autoimmune diseases), and in some settings, detection, prevention, or treatment efforts (e.g., ocular trachoma, underdiagnosed genital infections) may marginalize women. Women's activities can also increase exposures to chronic disease pathogens (e.g., schistosomiasis attributable to chores or agriculture), and gender can affect transmission (e.g., increased male-to-female transmission of human T-cell leukemia virus–1). Preventing maternal infections may further minimize chronic disease and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring.

The following comments were made in presentations by the above authors at the International Conference on Women and Infectious Disease.


Subject:
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Autoimmune Diseases
Chronic Disease
Communicable Diseases
Female
Humans
Online Conference Summary
Pregnancy
Schizophrenia
Women's Health

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(11):2028-2029.
Pubmed ID:
16010733
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC3329021
Document Type:
Journal Article
Genre:
Conference Publications
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:878c30e6cf50077df57e7957743052d070f97f8f69007ea2363b5e269c0c07e5
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