background: our aim was to detect the rate of toxoplasma gondii infections and the coinfections in childbearing age women in turkey accompanying using seroprevalence data from a multicenter hospital setting. methods: overal, 17751 childbearing age women through 16-45 years were included to the study between 2004 and 2010. the clinical samples of the patients were collected from 16 hospitals and...

background and objectives: trans-placental transmission of parvovirus b19 during pregnancy can causes adverse outcomes. regarding its importance in prenatal care, we decided to study prevalence of parvovirus b19 infection among pregnant woman in ardabil, iran. materials and methods: in a community based study with a cluster sampling, 350 pregnant women that attended in health care centers in ar...

background: the aim of this study was to determine the toxoplasma antibodies in pregnant women in zanjan, by elisa method. methods: blood samples were taken from 500 pregnant women referred to the health centers of zanjan city, north west iran, igm and igg titers were primarily evaluated. the collected data were analyzed with spss 11.5 using chi-square test. results: anti toxoplasma igm and igg...

results a statistically significant change was reported in the severity of depression in pregnant women with sleep disorders in the intervention group in comparison to the control group at weeks 29 (p < 0.000) and 33 (p < 0.00). conclusions sleep health behavioral education improves depression in pregnant women who are experiencing insomnia. findings from this study add support to the reported ...

background pain is a major problem in patients after cesarean and medication such as aromatherapy which is a complementary therapy, in which the essences of the plants oils are used to reduce such undesirable conditions. objectives in this study, the effect of aromatherapy using lavender (lavandula) essential oil on cesarean postoperative pain was assessed. materials and methods in a triple bli...

Groups of 50 ewes were injected with serum from pregnant mares on 5 occasions, 3 months apart, and ovulation rate was estimated at laparoscopy. In Exp. 1, new ewes were used at each time and 3 dose rates (identical to 400, 630 and 1000 i.u. PMSG) were studied. In Exp. 2, the same ewes were used throughout and only 1 dose was given (1000 i.u.). In both experiments the response in ovulation rate ...

In Exp. 1, ovulation rate was measured in three groups of Romanov ewes given two injections of 600 i.u. PMSG 3 weeks apart with the ewes intact (Group I, N = 8), a similar treatment with the ewes intact at the first injection and unilaterally ovariectomized at the second (Group II, N = 8), or unstimulated ewes which were hemispayed at the same time as Group II ewes (Group III, N = 6). In Exp. 2...

1 State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China; [email protected] (C.L.); [email protected] (G.L.) 2 Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; [email protected] (Y.L.); [email protected] (Y.L.L.) * Correspondence: liuzhongyi1988...

in some relationships, pregnancy is a risk factor for intimate partner violence (ipv). we present a case of a 34-year-old, 28-week-pregnant woman who was admitted to the emergency department with multiple traumas due to ipv. her husband had hit her with a power cable after abusing methamphetamine. there were multiple ecchymoses and lacerations on her body. on questioning, the patient revealed a...

conclusions advocacy and publicity to raise awareness of the potential public health impact of hsv and hiv co-infection in nigeria, where anti-hsv testing is not generally performed in all populations, is therefore recommended. background herpes simplex virus 1 (hsv-1) is normally associated with orofacial (orolabial) infections and encephalitis, whereas hsv-2 usually causes genital infections ...