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Aughey H, Jardine J, Knight H, Gurol-Urganci I, Walker K, Harris T, van de Meulen J, Hawdon J, Pasupathy D, The Nmpa Project Team. Iatrogenic and spontaneous preterm birth in England: a population-based cohort study. BJOG 2022; 130:33-41. [PMID: 36073305 PMCID: PMC10092353 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the rates of and risk factors associated with iatrogenic and spontaneous preterm birth and the variation in rates between hospitals. DESIGN Cohort study using electronic health records. SETTING English National Health Service. POPULATION Singleton births between 1st April 2015 and 31st March 2017. METHODS Multivariable Poisson regression models were used to estimate adjusted risk ratios (adjRR) to measure association with maternal demographic and clinical risk factors. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Preterm births (<37 weeks gestation) were defined as iatrogenic or spontaneous according to mode of onset of labour. RESULTS 6.1% of births were preterm and of these, 52.8% were iatrogenic. The proportion of preterm births that were iatrogenic increased after 32 weeks. Both sub-groups are associated with previous preterm birth, extremes of maternal age, socioeconomic deprivation and smoking. Iatrogenic preterm birth was associated with higher BMI (adjRR BMI >40 1.59 (1.50, 1.69)), and previous caesarean (adjRR 1.88 (1.83, 1.95)). Spontaneous preterm birth was less common in women with a higher BMI (adjRR BMI>40 0.77 (0.70, 0.84)) and in women with a previous caesarean (adjRR 0.87 (0.83, 0.90)). More variation between NHS hospital trusts was observed in rates of iatrogenic, compared to spontaneous, preterm births. CONCLUSIONS Just over half of all preterm births resulted from iatrogenic intervention. Iatrogenic births have overlapping but different patterns of maternal demographic and clinical risk factors to spontaneous preterm births. Iatrogenic and spontaneous sub-groups should therefore be measured and monitored separately, as well as in aggregate, to facilitate different prevention strategies. This is feasible using routinely acquired hospital data.
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- H Aughey
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK.,University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK.,Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK.,Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK.,Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK.,Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK.,Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK.,Reproduction and Perinatal Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Jardine J, Gurol-Urganci I, Harris T, Hawdon J, Pasupathy D, van der Meulen J, Walker K. Associations between ethnicity and admission to intensive care among women giving birth: a cohort study. BJOG 2021; 129:733-742. [PMID: 34545995 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the association between ethnic group and likelihood of admission to intensive care in pregnancy and the postnatal period. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Maternity and intensive care units in England and Wales. POPULATION OR SAMPLE A total of 631 851 women who had a record of a registerable birth between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016 in a database used for national audit. METHODS Logistic regression analyses of linked maternity and intensive care records, with multiple imputation to account for missing data. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Admission to intensive care in pregnancy or postnatal period to 6 weeks after birth. RESULTS In all, 2.24 per 1000 maternities were associated with intensive care admission. Black women were more than twice as likely as women from other ethnic groups to be admitted (odds ratio [OR] 2.21, 95% CI 1.82-2.68). This association was only partially explained by demographic, lifestyle, pregnancy and birth factors (adjusted OR 1.69, 95% CI 1.37-2.09). A higher proportion of intensive care admissions in Black women were for obstetric haemorrhage than in women from other ethnic groups. CONCLUSIONS Black women have an increased risk of intensive care admission that cannot be explained by demographic, health, lifestyle, pregnancy and birth factors. Clinical and policy intervention should focus on the early identification and management of severe illness, particularly obstetric haemorrhage, in Black women, in order to reduce inequalities in intensive care admission. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT Black women are almost twice as likely as White women to be admitted to intensive care during pregnancy and the postpartum period; this risk remains after accounting for demographic, health, lifestyle, pregnancy and birth factors.
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- J Jardine
- Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK
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- Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, UK
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- Centre for Reproduction Research, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Women and Children's Health, King's College London, St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK.,Faculty of Medicine and Health, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Clinical Effectiveness Unit, Royal College of Surgeons, London, UK
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Aughey H, Jardine J, Moitt N, Fearon K, Hawdon J, Pasupathy D, Urganci I, Harris T. Waterbirth: a national retrospective cohort study of factors associated with its use among women in England. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2021; 21:256. [PMID: 33771115 PMCID: PMC8004456 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-03724-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Waterbirth is widely available in English maternity settings for women who are not at increased risk of complications during labour. Immersion in water during labour is associated with a number of maternal benefits. However for birth in water the situation is less clear, with conclusive evidence on safety lacking and little known about the characteristics of women who give birth in water. This retrospective cohort study uses electronic data routinely collected in the course of maternity care in England in 2015–16 to describe the proportion of births recorded as having occurred in water, the characteristics of women who experienced waterbirth and the odds of key maternal and neonatal complications associated with giving birth in water. Methods Data were obtained from three population level electronic datasets linked together for the purposes of a national audit of maternity care. The study cohort included women who had no risk factors requiring them to give birth in an obstetric unit according to national guidelines. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to examine maternal (postpartum haemorrhage of 1500mls or more, obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI)) and neonatal (Apgar score less than 7, neonatal unit admission) outcomes associated with waterbirth. Results 46,088 low and intermediate risk singleton term spontaneous vaginal births in 35 NHS Trusts in England were included in the analysis cohort. Of these 6264 (13.6%) were recorded as having occurred in water. Waterbirth was more likely in older women up to the age of 40 (adjusted odds ratio (adjOR) for age group 35–39 1.27, 95% confidence interval (1.15,1.41)) and less common in women under 25 (adjOR 18–24 0.76 (0.70, 0.82)), those of higher parity (parity ≥3 adjOR 0.56 (0.47,0.66)) or who were obese (BMI 30–34.9 adjOR 0.77 (0.70,0.85)). Waterbirth was also less likely in black (adjOR 0.42 (0.36, 0.51)) and Asian (adjOR 0.26 (0.23,0.30)) women and in those from areas of increased socioeconomic deprivation (most affluent versus least affluent areas adjOR 0.47 (0.43, 0.52)). There was no association between delivery in water and low Apgar score (adjOR 0.95 (0.66,1.36)) or incidence of OASI (adjOR 1.00 (0.86,1.16)). There was an association between waterbirth and reduced incidence of postpartum haemorrhage (adjOR 0.68 (0.51,0.90)) and neonatal unit admission (adjOR 0.65 (0.53,0.78)). Conclusions In this large observational cohort study, there was no association between waterbirth and specific adverse outcomes for either the mother or the baby. There was evidence that white women from higher socioeconomic backgrounds were more likely to be recorded as giving birth in water. Maternity services should focus on ensuring equitable access to waterbirth. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12884-021-03724-6.
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- H Aughey
- National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA), RCOG Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 10 -18 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ, UK. .,University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
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- National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA), RCOG Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 10 -18 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ, UK.,Department of Health Service Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Population Health Analytics, Cerner, London, UK
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- Centre for Reproduction Research, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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- National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA), RCOG Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 10 -18 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ, UK.,Royal Free London NHS foundation Trust, London, UK
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- National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA), RCOG Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 10 -18 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ, UK.,Specialty of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology, Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA), RCOG Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 10 -18 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ, UK.,Department of Health Service Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- National Maternity and Perinatal Audit (NMPA), RCOG Centre for Quality Improvement and Clinical Audit, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 10 -18 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ, UK.,Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
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Murphy HR, Bell R, Holt RIG, Maresh M, Todd D, Hawdon J, Young B, Holman N, Hillson R, Lewis-Barned N. The National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit: measuring the quality of diabetes pregnancy care. Diabet Med 2013; 30:1014-6. [PMID: 23819584 DOI: 10.1111/dme.12277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hülskamp G, Lum S, Stocks J, Wade A, Hoo AF, Costeloe K, Hawdon J, Deeptha K, Pillow JJ. Association of prematurity, lung disease and body size with lung volume and ventilation inhomogeneity in unsedated neonates: a multicentre study. Thorax 2008; 64:240-5. [PMID: 19052053 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.101758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that preterm birth with or without subsequent chronic lung disease is associated with reduced functional residual capacity (FRC) and increased ventilation inhomogeneity in the neonatal period. We aimed to establish whether such findings are associated with the degree of prematurity, neonatal respiratory illness and disproportionate somatic growth. METHODS Multiple breath washout measurements using an ultrasonic flowmeter were obtained from 219 infants on 306 test occasions during the first few months of life, at three neonatal units in the UK and Australia. Tests were performed during unsedated sleep in clinically stable infants (assigned to four exclusive diagnostic categories: term controls, preterm controls, respiratory distress syndrome and chronic lung disease). The determinants of neonatal lung function were assessed using multivariable, multilevel modelling. RESULTS After adjustment for age and body proportions, the factors gestation, intrauterine growth restriction and days of supplemental oxygen were all significantly associated with a reduced FRC. In contrast, increased ventilation inhomogeneity (elevated lung clearance index) was only significantly associated with duration of supplemental oxygen. After adjusting for continuous variables, diagnostic category made no further contribution to the models. Despite using identical techniques, unexpected inter-centre differences occurred, associated with the equipment used; these did not alter the negative association of preterm delivery and disease severity with lung function outcomes. CONCLUSION Reduction in FRC is independently associated with prematurity, intrauterine growth restriction and severity of neonatal lung disease. Determinants of lung function shortly after birth are highly complex in different disease groups.
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- G Hülskamp
- Portex Anaesthesia, Intensive Therapy and Respiratory Medicine Unit, UCL, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK.
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UNLABELLED Preterm infants are at risk of osteopenia and metabolic bone disease (MBD) of prematurity. There is a need for simple, reliable methods to detect and monitor this condition. AIMS The aims were first to describe longitudinal changes in speed of sound (SOS) measured using quantitative ultrasound (QUS; Sunlight Omnisense, Israel) in preterm neonates: and second to determine whether SOS predicts the development of MBD. METHODS SOS was measured in the tibia in 99 preterm infants (mean (SD)) gestation 29.7 (3.6) weeks; birthweight 1340 (550) g, with longitudinal measurements in 75. SOS z-scores were generated for gestation and sex. Clinical data were recorded. RESULTS Baseline SOS (but not SOS z-score) was positively associated with gestational age. SOS and SOS z-score fell with age. In multivariate models, peak ALP, minimum phosphate concentrations and markers of illness severity were not predictors of the fall in SOS z-score, and baseline SOS measurements did not predict the development of high peak ALP or low phosphate. INTERPRETATION Speed of sound measurements fell with age in all infants, but we found no evidence that this measurement could predict biochemical indicators of MBD. We cannot exclude the possibility that this technique could be useful in monitoring the response to interventions designed to improve bone health in this population.
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- M S Fewtrell
- MRC Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
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Fewtrell MS, Loh KL, Blake A, Ridout DA, Hawdon J. Randomised, double blind trial of oxytocin nasal spray in mothers expressing breast milk for preterm infants. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2006; 91:F169-74. [PMID: 16223754 PMCID: PMC2672698 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.081265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Human milk has considerable short and long term benefits for preterm infants, but mothers may experience difficulties in expressing breast milk for infants too immature or sick to breast feed. Oxytocin has been used to assist breast feeding and milk expression, but few data are available to support this intervention in the neonatal unit setting. AIM To test the hypothesis that oxytocin nasal spray increases early milk output in mothers expressing milk for preterm infants. METHODS A randomised, double blind trial of oxytocin nasal spray (100 microl per dose) versus placebo was conducted in mothers delivering infants <35 weeks gestation. Sprays were used before expression of milk using an electric pump up to day 5. MAIN OUTCOME Total weight of milk expressed while using spray (study powered to detect >1SD difference between groups). SECONDARY OUTCOMES Pattern of milk production; number of pumping sessions; weight/fat content of milk expressed during a fixed 20 minute period on day 5 ("physiological study"); mother's opinion of expressing and spray assessed by questionnaire. RESULTS Fifty one mothers were randomised (27 oxytocin, 24 placebo). Total milk production did not differ between groups. Repeated measures analysis of variance suggested significantly (p = 0.001) different patterns of milk production, with initial faster production in the oxytocin group then convergence between groups. Parity did not influence the response to the intervention. No significant differences were seen in milk weight or fat content in the physiological study nor in mothers' opinions of milk expression and treatment. CONCLUSIONS Despite marginal differences in the pattern of early milk production, the use of oxytocin nasal spray did not significantly improve outcome. Most mothers believed they were receiving the active spray, suggesting a significant placebo effect (supported by limited data from historical controls) and benefits from the extra breast feeding support available during the study.
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- M S Fewtrell
- Childhood Nutrition Reserach Centre, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH, UK.
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Arrested development dramatically alters the life history of some species of soil-transmitted nematodes and elicits profound variations in the epidemiology of the infections they cause. Here, Peter Hotez, John Hawdon and Gerhard Schad show how an understanding of the cellular and molecular bases of arrested development may lead to new approaches for the control of ancylostomiasis and related infections.
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- P Hotez
- Medical Helminthology Laboratory (LEPH), Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Dezateux C, Lum S, Hoo AF, Hawdon J, Costeloe K, Stocks J. Low birth weight for gestation and airway function in infancy: exploring the fetal origins hypothesis. Thorax 2004; 59:60-6. [PMID: 14694251 PMCID: PMC1758850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Poor fetal growth has been associated with impaired airway function in adult life, but evidence linking birth weight and airway function in early childhood is sparse. We examined the hypothesis that low birth weight for gestation is associated with impaired airway function shortly after birth and that this is independent of impaired postnatal somatic growth. METHODS Airway function was measured using the raised volume technique in healthy white infants of low (< or =10th centile) or appropriate (> or =20th centile) birth weight for gestation and was expressed as forced expiratory volume in 0.4 s (FEV0.4), forced vital capacity (FVC), and the maximal expired flow at 25% of forced vital capacity (MEF25). Infant length and weight, maternal height and weight, maternal report of smoking prenatally and postnatally, and parental occupation were recorded. RESULTS Mothers of low birth weight for gestation infants (n=98) were lighter, shorter, and more likely to smoke and have partners in manual occupations. At 6 weeks their infants remained lighter and shorter than those of appropriate birth weight (n=136). FEV0.4, FVC, and MEF25 were reduced in infants of low birth weight for gestation, in those whose mothers smoked in pregnancy, or who were in manual occupations. After adjusting for relevant maternal and infant characteristics, infants in the low birth weight for gestation group experienced a mean reduction of 11 ml in FEV0.4 (95% CI 4 to 18; p=0.002), of 12 ml in FVC (95% CI 4 to 19; p=0.004), and of 28 ml/s in MEF25 (95% CI 7 to 48; p=0.03). CONCLUSIONS Airway function is diminished in early postnatal life as a consequence of a complex causal pathway which includes social disadvantage as indicated by maternal social class, smoking and height, birth weight as a proximal and related consequence of these factors, and genetic predisposition to asthma. Further work is needed to establish the relevance of these findings to subsequent airway growth and development in later infancy and early childhood.
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- C Dezateux
- Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
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Zhan B, Hawdon J, Shan Q, Ren H, Qiang H, Xiao SH, Li TH, Feng Z, Hotez P. Construction and analysis of cDNA library of Necator americanus third stage larvae. Zhongguo Ji Sheng Chong Xue Yu Ji Sheng Chong Bing Za Zhi 2003; 18:26-8. [PMID: 12567467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To obtain the genetic information on Necator americanus and to search for the purpose genes. METHODS mRNA was isolated from the third stage larvae of Necator americanus maintained in hamsters. Double strand cDNA was synthesized and ligated to lambda ZAPII vector to construct the cDNA library. Expressed sequence tages (ESTs) were obtained by single pass sequencing of randomly isolated cDNA clones from the established library. RESULTS A cDNA library of N. americanus was successfully constructed with high recombinant efficiency. The titer of unamplified library was 1 x 10(7). The insert size was about 750-3,000 bp. Of 11 ESTs obtained from the library, 7 have a significant homology with certain functional genes. CONCLUSION A high quality and high representative cDNA library of N. americanus was constructed at the first time and some functional genes were identified from the library by ESTs.
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- B Zhan
- Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, WHO Collaborating Center for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, 200025
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Lili Z, Bingxiang Z, Hong T, Shuhua X, Hotez P, Bing Z, Yangzhong L, Ying L, Haichou X, Hawdon J, Hui Y, Huizhen W, Zhen F. Epidemiology of human geohelminth infections (ascariasis, trichuriasis and necatoriasis) in Lushui and Puer Counties, Yunnan Province, China. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2000; 31:448-53. [PMID: 11288999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Between April and June of 1998, the prevalence and intensity of geohelminth infections caused by hookworm, Ascaris and Trichuris were investigated in two rural Yunnan villages. In Liuku, a village of Lisu indigenous people in Lushui County, there was an overall geohelminth prevalence of 72% (48%, 43% and 16% for hookworm infection, ascariasis, and trichuriasis, respectively). The prevalence of ascariasis was greatest among preschool and school aged children, whereas the prevalence of trichuriasis was greatest among teenagers and the prevalence of hookworm increased until the age of 10-15 and then remained high throughout adulthood. In Linger, a village of Han Chinese, located in Puer County, there was an overall geohelminth prevalence of 77% (30%, 60% and 36% for hookworm infection, ascariasis, and trichuriasis, respectively). The differences in prevalence for hookworm and ascariasis were statistically significant. The prevalence of hookworm in Linger increased steadily with age and did not plateau, but there were no discernible patterns of prevalence versus age for either ascariasis or trichuriasis. Heavy trichuriasis infections were noted to occur in Linger. In both villages, more than 98% of the hookworm infections were of light and moderate intensity. Both by morphologic identification of third-stage infective larvae (L3) from eggs as well as identification of adult hookworms recovered from adult residents after treatment with quantrel, Necator americanus was identified as the exclusive hookworm in each village. Geohelminth infections caused by Ascaris, Trichuris and hookworm remain highly endemic to the rural areas of Yunnan Province in southwestern China.
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- Z Lili
- Sanitary and Anti-epidemic Station of Yunnan Province, Kunming, PR China
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Tissenbaum HA, Hawdon J, Perregaux M, Hotez P, Guarente L, Ruvkun G. A common muscarinic pathway for diapause recovery in the distantly related nematode species Caenorhabditis elegans and Ancylostoma caninum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:460-5. [PMID: 10618440 PMCID: PMC26685 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.1.460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/1997] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Converging TGF-beta and insulin-like neuroendocrine signaling pathways regulate whether Caenorhabditis elegans develops reproductively or arrests at the dauer larval stage. We examined whether neurotransmitters act in the dauer entry or recovery pathways. Muscarinic agonists promote recovery from dauer arrest induced by pheromone as well as by mutations in the TGF-beta pathway. Dauer recovery in these animals is inhibited by the muscarinic antagonist atropine. Muscarinic agonists do not induce dauer recovery of either daf-2 or age-1 mutant animals, which have defects in the insulin-like signaling pathway. These data suggest that a metabotropic acetylcholine signaling pathway activates an insulin-like signal during C. elegans dauer recovery. Analogous and perhaps homologous cholinergic regulation of mammalian insulin release by the autonomic nervous system has been noted. In the parasitic nematode Ancylostoma caninum, the dauer larval stage is the infective stage, and recovery to the reproductive stage normally is induced by host factors. Muscarinic agonists also induce and atropine potently inhibits in vitro recovery of A. caninum dauer arrest. We suggest that host or parasite insulin-like signals may regulate recovery of A. caninum and could be potential targets for antihelminthic drugs.
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- H A Tissenbaum
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Building 68-289, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Changhua L, Xiaorong Z, Dongchuan Q, Shuhua X, Hotez PJ, Defu Z, Hulian Z, Mingden L, Hainan R, Bing Z, Haichou X, Hawdon J, Zheng F. Epidemiology of human hookworm infections among adult villagers in Hejiang and Santai Counties, Sichuan Province, China. Acta Trop 1999; 73:243-9. [PMID: 10546842 DOI: 10.1016/s0001-706x(99)00035-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Hookworm infection as well as other intestinal nematodiases are endemic to Sichuan Province in China. In order to research the prevalence and intensity of these infections we visited two villages in Hejiang County (southern Sichuan Province) and Santai County (northwestern Sichuan Province) between July and October of 1997. Fecal examinations were performed on adult villagers over the age of 15 years (currently children under this age are dewormed annually with anthelmintic drugs). Among 310 residents of Lugao Village (Hejiang County), 87, 63 and 60% were infected with hookworm, Ascaris or Trichuris, respectively. The prevalence of hookworm determined to rise linearly with age (r = 0.97). High intensity infections with hookworm still occur in this region as 22% of the residents have over 3000 eggs per gram (PEG) of feces as determined by quantitative egg counts. The majority of these individuals harbored mixed infection with Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale, although the former predominated when adult hookworms were collected from 30 village residents treated with pyrantel pamoate. In contrast, among the 334 Xinjian villagers examined (Santai County) the majority harbored predominantly light hookworm infections--66.1% of the residents has less than 400 EPG by quantitative fecal examination and only 3.7% exhibited greater than 3000 EPG. Again, N. americanus was the predominant hookworm seen after worm expulsion. We have round that despite economic development which is occurring in some parts of China, significant hookworm infections and clinical hookworm anemia still exist in areas of Sichuan Province. In Hejiang County we found that the intensity of hookworm infection has actually risen within the last 10 years. Hookworm is a medical problem among the elderly in Sichuan.
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- L Changhua
- Sichuan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, PR China
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Bin Z, Hawdon J, Qiang S, Hainan R, Huiqing Q, Wei H, Shu-Hua X, Tiehua L, Xing G, Zheng F, Hotez P. Ancylostoma secreted protein 1 (ASP-1) homologues in human hookworms. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1999; 98:143-9. [PMID: 10029316 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(98)00157-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Z Bin
- Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Zhan B, Hawdon J, Shan Q, Ren H, Qiang H, Gong X, Xiao S, Hotez P. Screening and sequential comparison of Ancylostoma-secreted protein 1 and 2 (ASP1, ASP2) genes from different species of hookworm. Parasitol Int 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5769(98)80563-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- P J Hotez
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Ghosh K, Hawdon J, Hotez P. Vaccination with alum-precipitated recombinant Ancylostoma-secreted protein 1 protects mice against challenge infections with infective hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum) larvae. J Infect Dis 1996; 174:1380-3. [PMID: 8940240 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.6.1380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Ancylostoma-secreted protein 1 (ASP-1) is the major protein secreted by infective hookworm larvae (Ancylostoma caninum). The Escherichia coli-expressed recombinant protein was evaluated as a vaccine antigen in a mouse model of ancylostomiasis. A. caninum larvae migrate through mouse lungs, with maximal migration occurring 48-54 h after oral infection. Quantitative larval recovery from the lungs at this time was used as an end point for vaccine evaluation. All mice developed antibodies to recombinant ASP-1 (rASP-1) after immunization and boosting with the alum-precipitated protein. The immunized mice had their worm burden reduced 79% (P < .0001) compared with controls. Immunization with rASP-1 in the presence of Corynebacterium parvum adjuvant also showed a vaccine effect (63% protection; P < .0001). The possibility that this protective effect resulted from delayed larval lung entry was excluded. rASP-1 offers promise as a hookworm vaccine antigen.
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- K Ghosh
- Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases Division), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Hotez P, Cappello M, Hawdon J, Beckers C, Sakanari J. Hyaluronidases of the gastrointestinal invasive nematodes Ancylostoma caninum and Anisakis simplex: possible functions in the pathogenesis of human zoonoses. J Infect Dis 1994; 170:918-26. [PMID: 7930737 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/170.4.918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The gastrointestinal invasive stages of two parasitic nematodes, Ancylostoma caninum and Anisakis simplex, were each found to release in vitro a hydrolytic enzyme that degrades the glycosaminoglycan hyaluronic acid. The parasite hyaluronidases were partially purified by ion-exchange chromatography and biochemically characterized. The hyaluronidase from A. caninum adult worms had a molecular weight of 65,000 and a pH optimum of 6 with activity at neutral pH, while the hyaluronidase from A. simplex larvae had a molecular weight of 40,000 and a pH optimum of 4 with no activity at neutral pH. Both parasite hyaluronidases also degraded the glycosaminoglycan chondroitin sulfate A. Cupric sulfate and high concentrations of sodium chloride were inhibitory. The nematode hyaluronidases are postulated to have a role in tissue histolysis and mucosal invasion; their distinct biochemical properties have relevance to the pathogenesis of the zoonoses anisakiasis and eosinophilic enteritis.
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- P Hotez
- Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
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Hotez P, Haggerty J, Hawdon J, Milstone L, Gamble HR, Schad G, Richards F. Metalloproteases of infective Ancylostoma hookworm larvae and their possible functions in tissue invasion and ecdysis. Infect Immun 1990; 58:3883-92. [PMID: 2254016 PMCID: PMC313750 DOI: 10.1128/iai.58.12.3883-3892.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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To infect their hosts, hookworm larvae must exsheath and migrate through connective tissue. A modified in vitro skin chamber was used to show that the human hookworm Ancylostoma duodenale and the zoonotic canine hookworm Ancylostoma caninum penetrate epidermis, basement membrane, and dermis in similar ways. These similarities in tissue invasion properties reflect the observed biochemical similarities in parasite protease composition. The larvae of both species contain protease activity that is inhibited by o-phenanthroline; this identifies the proteases as metalloproteases. The enzyme activities exhibit an alkaline pH optimum between pH 9 and 10. During modified sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in which a protein substrate (either casein or gelatin) was used, the protease activities resolved into a major band at an Mr of 68,000 and a minor band at an Mr of 38,000. Proteases were released by living A. caninum larvae in vitro and degraded purified and radiolabeled casein to smaller peptides. Motile hookworm larvae were also incubated with purified and radiolabeled connective tissue macromolecules in vitro. Both Ancylostoma species degraded human fibronectin to a 60,000-Mr polypeptide intermediate, but could not degrade solubilized bovine elastin or human laminin. In contrast, the obligate skin-penetrating nematode Strongyloides stercoralis degraded all three substrates. This biochemical difference may explain some observed differences in invasiveness.
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- P Hotez
- Yale MacArthur Center for Molecular Parasitology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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