The present study reveals a high rate of acquiring filarial infection by the children born to infected mother than uninfected mothers even though Mf rate has come down to 1% after implementation of ten rounds of MDA. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Periodontitis

  In the current study we present measures of maternal periodontal infection using whole chromosomal DNA probes to identify 15 periodontal organisms within maternal periodontal plaque sampled at delivery. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

  Cota LOM, Guimarães AN, Costa JE, Lorentz TCM, Costa FO (2006) Association between maternal periodontitis and an increased risk of preeclampsia. Journal of periodontology 77: 2063–2069 View Article Google Scholar 9. [journals.plos.org]

• Neonatal Seizures

  Among children with CP, those born to infected women were more often hypotensive, needed intubation, had neonatal seizures, and received a clinical diagnosis of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

• Mycoplasma Hominis

  Individual studies did not find a relationship between herpes simplex virus type 2, bacterial vaginosis, and Mycoplasma hominis and preeclampsia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Author information 1 State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Scarce data exist about screening, diagnosis and prognosis of non-primary Cytomegalovirus (CMV) during pregnancy. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

“This provides an important etiologic clue as to the origins of autism.” The link holds up regardless of whether the infection was bacterial, viral or caused by other or unknown pathogens. [spectrumnews.org]

The present study adds to the growing body of evidence, encompassing both animal and human studies, that supports possible immune-mediated mechanisms underlying the etiology of ASD. [journals.elsevier.com]

[…] due to the underlying etiology. [icd10data.com]

Many of the etiologic agents can be cultured from suitable specimens under proper conditions. [glowm.com]

Serologic evidence of prenatal influenza in the etiology of schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry 61, 774 – 780. Brown, AS, Cohen, P, Harkavy-Friedman, J, Babulas, V, Malaspina, D, Gorman, JM, Susser, ES ( 2001 ). A.E. [cambridge.org]

Prospective epidemiological studies indicate that maternal influenza, toxoplasmosis, and genital/reproductive infection are associated with this disorder in offspring. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

And epidemiological studies have found a link between altered levels of immune molecules in pregnant women and autism in their children 4, 5. [spectrumnews.org]

Mechanisms of disease: glucocorticoids, their placental metabolism and fetal ‘programming’ of adult pathophysiology. Nature Clinical Practice. Endocrinology and Metabolism 3, 479 – 488. [cambridge.org]

Asian flu pandemic reported a mortality rate of approximately 50% among infected pregnant women. [21] During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, pregnant women accounted for 5% of all deaths and were more likely to be hospitalized than the general population. [22] Pathophysiology [emedicine.medscape.com]

Br Med J 314 : 404–408 8 Gomez R, Ghezzi F, Romero R, Munoz H, Tolosa J, Rojas I 1995 Premature labor and intra-amniotic infection: clinical aspects and role of the cytokines in diagnosis and pathophysiology. [nature.com]

Background: The design of diagnostic and preventive strategies have been prevented by gaps in knowledge of the epidemiology of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) with the type of maternal infection as well as the lack of large-scale neonatal screening [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Prevention is better than cure 99% of deaths from puerperal sepsis in low and middle income countries are preventable with simple, low cost solutions such as healthcare provider hand washing at the time of delivery. [abdn.ac.uk]