Risk Factors for Congenital Syphilis Transmitted from Mother to Infant --- Suzhou, China, 2011--2014

Published on March 14, 2019

In a cohort of mothers with recently diagnosed syphilis, migrant women and those who received a diagnosis at >36 gestational weeks were approximately five times and 25 times more likely, respectively, to deliver an infected baby than were nonmigrant women and those who received a diagnosis earlier in pregnancy.

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Notes from the Field: Tetanus in an Unvaccinated Child --- Oregon, 2017

March 7, 2019
In 2017, a boy aged 6 years who had received no immunizations sustained a forehead laceration while playing outdoors on a farm; the wound was cleaned and sutured at home. Six days later, he had episodes of crying, jaw clenching, and involuntary upper extremity muscle spasms, followed by arching of the neck and back (opisthotonus) and generalized spasticity.

World TB Day --- March 24, 2019

March 21, 2019
World TB Day is observed each year on March 24. This observance provides an opportunity to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and the measures needed to find, treat, and prevent this devastating disease.