Identifying a viral rash in pregnancy
Viral exanthema can cause rash in a pregnant woman and should be considered even in countries that have comprehensive vaccination programmes. Measles and rubella can cause intrauterine death. Intrauterine infection with rubella can lead to congenital rubella syndrome in the liveborn baby.
In this podcast, Jack Carruthers, honorary clinical... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 17, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Identifying a viral rash in pregnancy
Viral exanthema can cause rash in a pregnant woman and should be considered even in countries that have comprehensive vaccination programmes. Measles and rubella can cause intrauterine death. Intrauterine infection with rubella can lead to congenital rubella syndrome in the liveborn baby.
In this podcast, Jack Carruthers, honorary clinical research fellow at Imperial College London joins us to discuss spotting a viral rash, what steps to take to assess cause, and what advice to give a worried parent.
Read the full clinical review:http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j512 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 17, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Identifying a viral rash in pregnancy
Viral exanthema can cause rash in a pregnant woman and should be considered even in countries that have comprehensive vaccination programmes. Measles and rubella can cause intrauterine death. Intrauterine infection with rubella can lead to congenital rubella syndrome in the liveborn baby.
In this podcast, Jack Carruthers, honorary clinical research fellow at Imperial College London joins us to discuss spotting a viral rash, what steps to take to assess cause, and what advice to give a worried parent.
Read the full clinical review:
http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j512 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 17, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 376: The flavi of the month is Zika
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Jeremy Luban
The TWiV team discusses the latest data on Zika virus, including ocular defects in infants with microcephaly, and isolation of the entire viral genome from fetal brain tissue.
Links for this episode
Ocular findings in infants with microcephaly (JAMA and Arq Bras Oft)
Evidence of Zika virus infection in brain and placenta (MMWR)
Zika virus associated with microcephaly (NEJM)
Hard-core sequencing (Science)
Zika virus and microcephaly (virology blog)
Zika virus in the Americas (NEJM)
JEV and WNV...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 14, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
