Pandemic influença A (H1N1) infection in pregnant and nonpregnant women in Spain (2009-2010)

The present study aimed to compare the main features of infection with pandemic influenza A virus in pregnant and nonpregnant women admitted to hospitals in Spain during the first waves of the 2009-2010 influenza pandemic. This was a prospective (November 2009 to June 2010), multicenter observational study. All cases were women of reproductive age who had not been vaccinated against seasonal or pandemic influenza A. Influenza infection was confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The sociodemographic and clinical data of all cases were reviewed. A total of 219 inpatients, including 49 pregnant women and 170 nonpregnant women, were enrolled in the study upon admission to participating hospitals. The most substantially different symptoms between the groups were respiratory distress and unilobar consolidation, both of which were more frequent among nonpregnant women. Antibiotics and systemic corticosteroids were more frequently used in nonpregnant women; however, there were no differences in the rates of treatment with antivirals. Our findings indicated that the compared with nonpregnant women, pregnant women in this study did not have significantly different symptoms and were not at increased risk of complications from pandemic influenza virus infection.

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Effect of previous chilling storage on quality loss in frozen (–20 °C) sierra (Scomberomorus sierra) muscle packed with a low-density polyethylene film containing butylated hydroxytoluene

Rancidity development during frozen storage (–20 °C) of sierra fish (Scomberomorus sierra) was studied. Fillets were packed in low-density polyethylene films with and without butylated hydroxytoluene added (BHT-LDPE and LDPE respectively). Fillets stored with no package were used as control. Special attention was given to the effect of previous ice storage (0, 3, 6, 9 and 15 days) on the quality of the frozen fish. Physical (pH and texture) and chemical (peroxide value, PV and thiobarbituric acid index, TBA-i) analyses were carried out. Lipid oxidation increased with ice storage time in fish muscle without film packing, being greater than the film packed muscle (with and without antioxidant). An effect of previous ice storage time was observed on the frozen product (in all treatments). However, fish muscle with film packing containing antioxidant showed less lipid deterioration. Under the conditions applied in this study, the plastic films with antioxidant prevented the lipids oxidation during the cold handling of the sierra muscle.

Diagnóstico ambiental en la zona de Pedreras de la Sierra de San Miguel, Nuevo León

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Ingeniería Ambiental) UANL

Estudio del nicho alimenticio de los mamíferos depredadores del orden carnívora en la Sierra del Carmen, noroeste de Coahuila, México

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Manejo de Vida Silvestre) UANL

Distribución y relaciones ecológicas del chamal (Dioon edule var.Angustifolium) en la Sierra de San Carlos, Tamaulipas, Méx.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias Forestales) UANL

Análisis de las comunidades parasitarias y su relación con la condición física del guajolote silvestre (Meleagris gallopavo) de la Sierra del Burro, Coah., México

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias con Especialidad en Parasitología) UANL

Metodología para el desarrollo, seguimiento e implementaciode estrategias de negocios (por) Carlos Alfredo González Martínez

Tesis (Maestría en Administración, con especialidad en Finanzas) U.A.N.L.

Propiedades invariantes de la retroalimentación resistiva [por] César Elizondo González

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias en Ingeniería Eléctrica, con especialidad en Electrónica) U.A.N.L.

Ambientación interactiva basada en objetos para la simulación de sistemas de potencia [por] José Alberto Avalos González

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias en Ingeniería Eléctrica, con especialidad en Sistemas Eléctricos de Potencia) U.A.N.L.

La industria en el Area Metropolitana de Monterrey proposición de un modelo urbanístico de simulación Eduardo Sousa González.

Tesis (Maestría en Ciencias para la Planificación de Asentamientos Humanos) U.A.N.L. Facultad de Arquitectura.

Detección de anticuerpos para Legionella pneumophila en pacientes del Hospital Universitario José Eleuterio González

Tesis ( Maestro en Ciencias) U.A.N.L.

Morbimortalidad neonatal por enfermedad de membrana hialina en el Hospital Infantil de Monterrey Juan Angel González Escamilla

Tesis (Especialidad en Pediatría)U.A.N.L.