Participants 89 children participating in the Bloomington Longitudinal Study since infancy. Families were recruited using birth announcements when infants were 5–6 months old; 57% male; 51% first born. Assessment of risk factors Demographic and family factors, child-parent interaction, child cognition and temperament were assessed at 6, 13 and 24 months and between 3–8 years of age using home o...

INTRODUCTION Failure to thrive (FTT) in children is one of the most important health issues around the world, especially in developing countries. Lack of success in identifying and controlling this health problem may lead to dangerous health consequences for children. The aim of this research was to explore the risk factors for this health problem in infants under two years of age in Urmia, Nor...

In this study, the seroprevalences of measles, mumps, and rubella antibodies in infants were determined to assess the immunization strategy and control measures for these infectious diseases. Serum samples from infants < 1 year of age and their mothers were collected to measure the concentrations of specific IgG antibodies to measles, mumps, and rubella by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. For...

Background and Aims: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is common in infants and young children. In infants younger than one year old it may cause bronchiolitis and pneumonia which requires hospitalization. Accurate and rapid diagnosis of the disease will help proper treatment of the disease and prevents further complications. Methods: Specimen taken from respiratory tract of sick chil...

Titers of complement-fixing (CF) antibody to Campylobacter jejuni were demonstrated in 87 (36.7%) of 237 infants 6 to 15 months old in Jos, Nigeria. Of the total number of children examined, 81 had acute diarrhea and 27 of them (33.3%) were found to have CF antibodies in their serum. The remaining 156 children were asymptomatic, and 60 (38.4%) of them had CF antibodies. In the diarrheal group, ...

As infants lose maternally derived antibody, they experience a period when antibody levels are insufficient to protect against measles yet may interfere with immunization. In Kangaba Mali, sera were collected from 89 2-8-month-old infants and 32 9-10-month-old infants without a history of measles or vaccination; post-vaccination sera were collected from 24 of the 9-10-month-old infants 3-5 week...

since  clinical  manifestations  of  most  febrile  infants  younger  than  three  months  old  are nonspecific, differentiation of serious bacterial infection (sbi) from self-limiting viral illness is a significant challenge for pediatricians. this study was performed to assess the diagnostic value of white blood cell count (wbc), absolute neutrophil count (anc), interleukin -6 (il-6) and c-re...