Comprising the majority of leukocytes in humans, neutrophils are the first immune cells to
respond to inflammatory or infectious etiologies and are crucial participants in the proper …

The neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia, which posits that the illness is the end
state of abnormal neurodevelopmental processes that started years before the illness onset …

Rubella remains an important pathogen worldwide, with roughly 100 000 cases of
congenital rubella syndrome estimated to occur every year. Rubella-containing vaccine is …

Neonatal sepsis continues to be a common and significant health care burden, especially in
very-low-birth-weight infants (VLBW< 1500 g). Though intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis has …

Toxoplasmosis is caused by infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It is one of the
most common parasitic infections in humans and is most typically asymptomatic. However …

Toxoplasmosis is one of the more common parasitic zoonoses world-wide. Its causative
agent, Toxoplasma gondii, is a facultatively heteroxenous, polyxenous protozoon that has …

Background Despite widespread use of intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis, group B
streptococcus remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in infants in Europe, the …

In the present article the putative role of environmental factors in schizophrenia is reviewed
and synthesized. Accumulating evidence from recent studies suggests that environmental …

BackgroundDisruption of foetal development by prenatal maternal infection is consistent
with a neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia. Whether specific prenatal infections are …

An emerging literature from epidemiologic, clinical, and preclinical investigations has
provided evidence that gestational exposure to infection contributes to the etiology of …