{"title":"Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin infection: role of imaging in the evaluation of complications.","authors":"Ardeshir Rajabi, Gholamreza Pouladfar, Yasamin Dehghan, Zahra Jafarpour, Alireza Dehghan","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmad024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is generally used to prevent tuberculosis, particularly meningeal and miliary types, in childhood. This vaccine can rarely cause complications of varying severity, ranging from localized disease to a severe diffuse type known as disseminated BCG infection. Imaging modalities play an important role in the evaluation of different complications of disseminated BCG infection. This study aimed to assess and describe the imaging findings of disseminated BCG infection in order to help clinicians diagnose this life-threatening infection more accurately.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study was performed on 44 hospitalized children diagnosed with disseminated BCG infection. The results of radiographs, sonography, computerized tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging were compiled in a checklist and were then assessed by a radiology resident and a board-certificated radiologist. The radiological findings from various imaging modalities were presented descriptively and the frequency of different parameters was reported.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Axillary lymphadenopathy at the vaccinated side was frequent and was often associated with abscesses. However, abscesses in other body regions were uncommon. The most common abdominal imaging findings were enlarged liver and spleen accompanied by multiple hypoechoic and hypodense nodules on ultrasound and CT scans, respectively. Furthermore, diffuse or multifocal pulmonary opacities were the most frequent findings on chest X-rays and CT scans.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Characteristic imaging findings of disseminated BCG infection play a vital role in the early diagnosis of this infection. The study findings demonstrated the importance of radiological imaging in the diagnosis and evaluation of the complications of disseminated BCG infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10174248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Occurrence of Kawasaki disease and neoplasms in temporal proximity-single-center experience and systematic review of literature.","authors":"Aaqib Zaffar Banday, Alisha Babbar, Pratap Kumar Patra, Ankur Kumar Jindal, Deepti Suri, Vignesh Pandiarajan, Amit Rawat, Anju Gupta, Surjit Singh","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmad022","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Various factors (e.g., infections) have been postulated to trigger Kawasaki disease (KD) in genetically predisposed individuals. Whether neoplasms can trigger KD is largely unknown due to paucity of data. Herein, we provide a detailed account of KD occurring in temporal proximity (within 6 months) to neoplasms ('neoplasm-KD'). Patients with 'neoplasm-KD' diagnosed/treated at our center from January 1994 to May 2021 were included. Additionally, we performed a systematic literature review (as per PRISMA 2020 guidelines) utilizing PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus databases to retrieve details of all patients with 'neoplasm-KD' reported till June 2021. Patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children were excluded. As all reports pertained to case description(s), risk of bias assessment was not performed. The details of patients with 'neoplasm-KD' were analyzed using SPSS software. Primary and secondary outcomes were occurrence of coronary artery abnormalities (CAAs) and clinical characteristics of 'neoplasm-KD', respectively. A total of 25 patients (data from 18 reports) were included in the 'neoplasm-KD' dataset. The most frequently diagnosed neoplasm was acute lymphoblastic leukemia followed by neuroblastoma and acute myeloblastic leukemia. Overall, CAAs were noted in 48% of patients. Interval between diagnoses of KD and neoplasm was shorter in patients with CAAs as compared to patients with normal coronary arteries (p-value = 0.03). Besides providing a comprehensive description of 'neoplasm-KD', this study raises a possibility that neoplasms might trigger KD. Also, 'neoplasm-KD' may be associated with a higher risk of development of CAAs. However, the small size of 'neoplasm-KD' dataset precludes definitive conclusions regarding this association. Funding: nil. Registration: PROSPERO (CRD42021270458).</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10118182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jose Luis Paredes, Rafaella Navarro, David Durand, Theresa Jean Ochoa
{"title":"Cryptosporidium infection and associated risk factors among children from rural areas in Peru: a nested case-control study.","authors":"Jose Luis Paredes, Rafaella Navarro, David Durand, Theresa Jean Ochoa","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmad021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to detect the frequency of Cryptosporidium infection and associated risk factors among children from rural areas in Peru. A case-control study was conducted, nested in a cohort in two rural communities that included children between 6 and 13 months who were followed for 6 months. Cases were children whose fecal samples tested positive for Cryptosporidium infection using an immunochromatography test. Logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) to analyze risk factors associated with Cryptosporidium infection. Among 72 children, 13 (18%) were cases. Cryptosporidium infection was associated with below secondary education of the mother (OR 7.62, 95% CI 1.50-36.72) and with having more siblings living at home (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.04-2.82). An important frequency of Cryptosporidium infection among children from rural areas in Peru was reported, more research is needed to understand its true burden and risk factors among children in Peru.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9862408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Asmaa A El Sehmawy, Shaimaa Younes Abd Elaziz, Rania Mahfouz Abd Elwahed, Asmaa Abdelghany Elsheikh
{"title":"Skin-to-skin contact and its effect on mothers' postpartum psychological distress and their full-term neonate in Egypt.","authors":"Asmaa A El Sehmawy, Shaimaa Younes Abd Elaziz, Rania Mahfouz Abd Elwahed, Asmaa Abdelghany Elsheikh","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmad020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Design: </strong>A randomized controlled study was conducted on 400 mothers, who were divided into two groups: 200 mothers who applied skin-to-skin infant care (SSC) for at least 1 h daily for 12 weeks and 200 mothers who performed the usual mother-infant care. The mothers were recruited from the Obstetric Department of Al-Zahraa University Hospital in Cairo, Egypt. The enrolled mothers' infants were assessed for body weight. Sleep hours and frequency of breast milk feeding were evaluated by the mother during the day. All of the mothers who took part in the study were assessed for postoperative pain, wound healing, postpartum depression, anxiety, sleep quality and newborn maternal bonding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a significant increase in frequencies of breastfeeding and the body weight at 12 weeks' postnatal age and also an increase in sleep hours in the infants who had SSC. The mothers who performed SSC had good sleep quality in comparison with those who performed the usual infant care; in addition, they had less postoperative pain intensity and proper wound healing apart from better maternal-infant bond, decreased anxiety and decreased depression frequency.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>SSC was associated with better infant breastfeeding, increased sleep hours in infants and less postpartum psychological burden in mothers.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9523514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruilin Meng, Haofeng Xu, Mingqu Zhang, Pengpeng Ye, Zhishan Zhou, Xuhao Zhu, Xingru Li, Lifeng Lin
{"title":"Effect of integrated intervention to prevent child drowning in rural areas of Guangdong, China: a cluster randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Ruilin Meng, Haofeng Xu, Mingqu Zhang, Pengpeng Ye, Zhishan Zhou, Xuhao Zhu, Xingru Li, Lifeng Lin","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmad012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Drowning is the leading cause of death for children under the age of 15 years in Guangdong Province, China. This serious public health issue also exists in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), which have few value-integrated intervention programs. The current study presents an integrated intervention project that aims to explore an effective pattern of prevention for child drowning in rural areas and feasibility to perform in other LMICs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial by comparing the incidence of non-fatal drowning among children in two groups in rural areas of southern China. We recruited the participants in two phases and reached a total of 10 687 students from 23 schools at two towns in Guangdong Province, China. At the first and second phases, 8966 and 1721 students were recruited, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The final evaluation questionnaires were collected after 18 months of integrated intervention, where we obtained 9791 data from Grades 3-9. The incidence of non-fatal drowning between the intervention and control groups after intervention did not differ significantly from the baseline according to the total number of students, male students, female students and Grades 6-9 [0.81; 95% confidence interval (CI): [0.66, 1.00]; p = 0.05, 1.17; 95% CI: [0.90, 1.51]; p = 0.25, 1.40; 95% CI: [0.97, 2.02]; p = 0.07 and 0.97; 95% CI: [0.70, 1.34]; p = 0.86], except for Grades 3-5 (1.36; 95% CI: [1.02, 1.82]; p = 0.037). The study observed a significantly positive benefit of awareness and risk behaviours of non-fatal drowning between the intervention and control groups (0.27, 95% CI: [0.21, 0.33]; p = 0.00, -0.16; 95% CI: [-0.24, -0.08]; p = 0.00).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The integrated intervention exerted a significant impact on the prevention and management of child non-fatal drowning, especially in rural areas.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10076092/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9494270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus after pediatric liver transplantation.","authors":"Songpon Getsuwan, Ekawat Pasomsub, Pichet Yutthanakarnwikom, Chutatip Tongsook, Napapat Butsriphum, Pornthep Tanpowpong, Pareena Janchompoo, Suporn Treepongkaruna, Chatmanee Lertudomphonwanit","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmad011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Southeast Asia is the endemic area of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection. We aimed to determine the seroprevalence of the virus, its association, and the prevalence of chronic infection after pediatric liver transplantation (LT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was performed in Bangkok, Thailand. Patients aged <18 years who had LT for >2 years underwent serologic and real-time polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR) tests. Acute HEV infection was defined by the presence of positive anti-HEV immunoglobulin (Ig)M and HEV viremia from the rt-PCR. If the viremia persisted for >6 months, chronic HEV infection was diagnosed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 101 patients had a median age of 8.4 years [interqartile range (IQR): 5.8-11.7]. The seroprevalence of anti-HEV IgG and IgM was 15% and 4%, respectively. Positive IgM and/or IgG were associated with a history of elevated transaminases with an unknown cause after LT (p = 0.04 and p = 0.01, respectively). The presence of HEV IgM was associated with a history of elevated transaminases with an unknown cause within 6 months (p = 0.01). The two patients (2%) diagnosed with chronic HEV infection did not fully respond to the reduction of immunosuppression but responded well to ribavirin treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Seroprevalence of HEV among pediatric LT recipients was not rare in Southeast Asia. Since HEV seropositivity was associated with elevated transaminases of an unknown cause, investigation for the virus should be offered in LT children with hepatitis after excluding other etiologies. Pediatric LT recipients with chronic HEV infection may receive a benefit from a specific antiviral treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9479990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disparity between adolescents' health information needs and the information received in a middle-income country.","authors":"Abigail Harrison, Claudine Tyrill, Shanita Cousins, Kern Rocke, Maxine Gossell-Williams","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmad018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study sought to identify adolescents' health information sources and determine the gap between what adolescents want to hear and what they actually hear from their healthcare providers (HCPs), a proxy for unmet health needs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted in four high schools conveniently selected in Jamaica to ensure adequate representation in rural and urban locales. Adolescents 11-19 years old with relevant assent/consent completed a paper-based self-administered questionnaire. Questions were adapted from the Young Adult Health Care Survey to determine proportion of adolescents receiving confidential care, the level of counselling offered and difference between location and unmet needs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adolescents acknowledged multiple sources of information, with urban adolescents reporting television, radio and parents as sources more frequently than in rural setting (p < 0.05). They most commonly wanted to discuss weight management (n = 308, 64.2%), nutrition (n = 418, 87.1%), exercise (n = 361, 75.2%); and emotions they are experiencing (n = 246, 51.3%). Unmet needs differed by location; more rural than urban adolescents found that their desire to discuss school performance (p < 0.05) and sexual orientation (p < 0.05) was unmet, while more urban youth felt their need for discussions about STIs was unmet (p < 0.05), when compared to their rural counterparts.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study highlights that while there is some access to health information in Jamaica, especially via television, radio and internet, the needs of the adolescent population remain unmet. HCPs need to employ a patient-centred approach where confidentiality is established and screening is done for unmet needs in an effort to optimize health outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9167501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Azithromycin may be a safe and effective choice for neonatal tsutsugamushi disease.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmad014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10769606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sinem Yalnızoğlu Çaka, Sümeyra Topal, Sadık Yurttutan, Selin Aytemiz, Yasemin Çıkar, Murat Sarı
{"title":"Effects of kangaroo mother care on feeding intolerance in preterm infants.","authors":"Sinem Yalnızoğlu Çaka, Sümeyra Topal, Sadık Yurttutan, Selin Aytemiz, Yasemin Çıkar, Murat Sarı","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad015","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Feeding intolerance (FI) is a common condition in preterm infants because they have an immature gastrointestinal tract. There are studies on the effects of the position on gastric residual volume (GRV) in preterm infants. Kangaroo mother care (KMC) may be an instrument for reducing FI by providing an upright position to infants. Moreover, numerous studies conducted with this therapeutic position applied by putting an infant on the mother's chest have indicated its positive effects on the infant's weight gain, growth and development, and vital signs. Therefore, this study aimed to reveal the impact of KMC on FI in preterm infants.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The population of the study, designed as a randomized trial, consisted of 168 preterm infants [KMC: 84, Standart Care (SC): 84] hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit of a university hospital between June and November 2020. Infants were randomly selected and divided into two groups. After the vital signs of the infants in both groups became stable, the infants were fed in the same position. KMC was applied to the infants in the intervention group for 1 h by preparing a suitable environment after feeding. Infants in the SC group were placed in the prone position after feeding. The GRVs of the infants in both groups were recorded on the Infant Follow-up Form before the next feeding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No statistically significant difference was detected between the groups upon comparing them in terms of demographic and clinical characteristics. The body temperatures and O2 saturations of the participants in the KMC group were statistically significantly higher, and their respiratory and heart rates were lower than the SC group. The transition time to full enteral feeding was statistically significantly shorter, and FI was experienced significantly less in the KMC group infants than in the SC group (p < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the groups in terms of the infants' weight gain and length of hospital stay (p > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The present study demonstrated that KMC had a positive impact on FI in preterm infants. KMC is not only a safe care model providing the earliest contact between parents and infants but also a practice whose positive effect on the functioning of the digestive system in preterm infants we can use.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10407975/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10317684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Isadora S Oliveira, Manuela B Pucca, Felipe A Cerni, Samuel Vieira, Jacqueline Sachett, Altair Seabra de Farias, Marcus Lacerda, Felipe Murta, Djane Baia-da-Silva, Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha, Lincoln Luís Silva, Quique Bassat, João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Charles J Gerardo, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, Fan Hui Wen, Paulo S Bernarde, Wuelton M Monteiro
{"title":"Snakebite envenoming in Brazilian children: clinical aspects, management and outcomes.","authors":"Isadora S Oliveira, Manuela B Pucca, Felipe A Cerni, Samuel Vieira, Jacqueline Sachett, Altair Seabra de Farias, Marcus Lacerda, Felipe Murta, Djane Baia-da-Silva, Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha, Lincoln Luís Silva, Quique Bassat, João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Charles J Gerardo, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, Fan Hui Wen, Paulo S Bernarde, Wuelton M Monteiro","doi":"10.1093/tropej/fmad010","DOIUrl":"10.1093/tropej/fmad010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Snakebite envenoming is currently considered a neglected tropical disease, which affects over 5 million people worldwide, and causes almost 150 000 deaths every year, as well as severe injuries, amputations and other sequelae. Snakebite envenoming in children, although proportionally less frequent, is generally more severe, and represents an important challenge for pediatric medicine, since they often result in worse outcomes. In Brazil, given its ecological, geographic and socioeconomic characteristics, snakebites are considered an important health problem, presenting approximately 30 000 victims per year, approximately 15% of them in children. Even with low snakebite incidence, children tend to have higher snakebite severity and complications due to the small body mass and same venom volume inoculated in comparison to adults, even though, due to the lack of epidemiological information about pediatric snakebites and induced injuries, it is difficult to measure the treatment effectiveness, outcomes and quality of emergency medical services for snakebites in children. In this review, we report how Brazilian children are affected by snakebites, describing the characteristics of this affected population, clinical aspects, management, outcomes and main challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":17521,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tropical Pediatrics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11494231/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9111244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}