Association of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy with maternal and perinatal outcomes

…, I Fortier, A Gagneur, JA Harrold, J Hubbart, F Kakkar… - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There are limited high-quality, population-level data about the effect of SARS-CoV-2
infection on pregnancy using contemporaneous comparator cohorts. Objectives To …

Characteristics of children admitted to hospital with acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in Canada in 2020

…, MI Salvadori, KA Top, I Viel-Thériault, F Kakkar… - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Risk factors for severe outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection are not well established
in children. We sought to describe pediatric hospital admissions associated with SARS-…

Early Initiation of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-1–Infected Newborns Can Achieve Sustained Virologic Suppression With Low Frequency of CD4+ T Cells …

A Bitnun, L Samson, TW Chun, F Kakkar… - Clinical Infectious …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Fatima Kakkar , Fatima Kakkar … Ari Bitnun, Lindy Samson, Tae-Wook Chun, Fatima
Kakkar, Jason Brophy, Danielle Murray, Shawn Justement, Hugo Soudeyns, Mario …

[HTML][HTML] Health outcomes and the transition experience of HIV-infected adolescents after transfer to adult care in Quebec, Canada

F Kakkar, D Van der Linden, S Valois, F Maurice… - BMC pediatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background Little is known on outcomes after transition to adult care among adolescents
with perinatal HIV infection. Though there is data from other chronic pediatric diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in hospitalized children in Canada: A national prospective study from March 2020–May 2021

…, KA Top, I Viel-Thériault, F Kakkar… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Children living with chronic comorbid conditions are at increased risk for severe
COVID-19, though there is limited evidence regarding the risks associated with specific …

[HTML][HTML] Linking susceptibility to infectious diseases to immune system abnormalities among HIV-exposed uninfected infants

…, A Marchant, TR Kollmann, F Kakkar - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants experience increased overall mortality from infectious
causes when compared to HIV-unexposed uninfected (HU) infants. This is the case in both …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness of cytomegalovirus and risk factors for susceptibility among pregnant women, in Montreal, Canada

S Wizman, V Lamarre, L Coic, F Kakkar… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2016 - Springer
Background Advances in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for congenital cytomegalovirus
(CMV) infection have generated a mounting interest in identifying mothers susceptible to …

Diagnosis and management of infants with congenital cytomegalovirus infection

S Gantt, A Bitnun, C Renaud, F Kakkar… - Paediatrics & Child …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection (cCMV) is the most common congenital infection,
occurring in approximately 0.5% of live births. Most infected newborns are asymptomatic, but up …

[HTML][HTML] An international registry for emergent pathogens and pregnancy

…, S Ana, R Arifa, HT Audrey, N Christopher, K Fatima… - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Emerging infectious diseases require a global approach and adaptive tools to allow for rapid
and comprehensive characterisation of the risks associated with the disease, particularly in …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of maternal HIV-1 viremia on lymphocyte subsets among HIV-exposed uninfected infants: protective mechanism or immunodeficiency

F Kakkar, V Lamarre, T Ducruet, M Boucher… - BMC infectious …, 2014 - Springer
Background Reports of increased morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases among
HIV Exposed Uninfected (HEU) infants have raised concern about a possible underlying …