BACKGROUND Strategies to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis must be adapted to the local epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection. The objective of this study was to know the prevalence and the incidence of T. gondii infection in women of childbearing age in Albacete. METHODS The source of information was the database of the Microbiology Laboratory of the Albacete General Hospital. To know t...

Folates are vital for cell division and homoeostasis because of the essential role of folate-containing co-enzymes in nucleic acid synthesis, methionine regeneration, and the shuttling, oxidation and reduction of one-carbon units required for normal metabolism and regulation. Furthermore, folates play an important role in reducing the incidence of neural tube defects. Prior to the fortification...

The screening of women of childbearing age for haematuria, leukocyturia and proteinuria to detect urinary schistosomiasis can be confounded by several factors such as menstruation, pregnancy and genitourinary infections. We therefore undertook a study in an area endemic for Schistosoma haematobium in the United Republic of Tanzania to carry out the following: assess the sensitivity, specificity...

Abstract Purpose of Review Young women who carry a genetic predisposition to breast cancer need balance surgical and nonsurgical risk reducing options with childbearing. In this review, we explore how make decisions without the benefit official guidelines in context frequently contradictory strategies. Recent Findings Women reproductive age known BRCA mutations receive incomplete conflicting ad...

The link between age at marriage and first birth in explaining completed family size is not always direct, due to heterogeneity circumstances, that compel individual women marry or initiate childbearing a particular age. We analyzed data for 1020 aged 45-49 2014 of the 1965-1969 cohort from 2013-14 Zambia Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS).