I am not offended by any of your comments. How is your research project
going?
Susan
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Subject: Re: HUUH???????? Exposure to viral infections at birth linked to
cerebral palsy?????????????


> Yes. Exposure to viruses either prenatally (first trimester?), =
> antenatally (mom has a dormant or active virus at or around birth =
> especially if present in birth canal) or post natally (within the first =
> month? of life)  has been linked to CP. This has been posed/researched =
> within the past three to five years....
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> pub med search, pathophysiology and CP would probably give you this and =
> other scary links...=20
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> The gift of life without disabilities is even more precious than you may =
> think....
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> I do not mean to offend anyone that has CP. I do not mean to imply that =
> their lives are not precious and were not gifts. Nor am I trying to be =
> religious....
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> I will sign off before I offend anyone else...
>
> Greta
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>   From: Meir Weiss<mailto:[log in to unmask]>=20
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>   Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 10:47 AM
>   Subject: HUUH???????? Exposure to viral infections at birth linked to =
> cerebral palsy?????????????
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>   Exposure to viral infections at birth linked to cerebral palsy
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>   Reuters
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>   Friday, January 06, 2006
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>   Exposure to certain viral infections around the time of birth is =
> linked to
>   cerebral palsy, Australian scientists say. Findings by researchers at =
> the
>   University of Adelaide suggest that neurotropic infections, which =
> include the
>   herpes viruses, mumps and measles, could trigger brain damage and =
> cerebral
>   palsy, a group of disorders that impairs the control of movement. "The =
> risk of
>   cerebral palsy is nearly doubled with exposure to the herpes B =
> viruses,"
>   Catherine Gibson, a research fellow at the university, said in a =
> report in The
>   British Medical Journal. But she added other factors such as a =
> susceptibility to
>   infection or prematurity may be needed for the disorder to develop. =
> Ms. Gibson
>   and her team analyzed blood samples taken within a few days of birth =
> from 443
>   children with cerebral palsy and 883 other babies. They found that =
> herpes B
>   viruses were found more frequently in children later diagnosed with =
> cerebral
>   palsy. Neurotropic viruses can cross the placenta and infect the baby =
> shortly
>   before or after birth. The researchers said the likelihood of the =
> mother's
>   infection crossing into the fetus depends on the virus, whether the =
> infection is
>   recurrent and the age of the fetus at the time of the infection.
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>   C National Post 2006
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