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ReviewViruses2024

Congenital and Perinatal Viral Infections: Consequences for the Mother and Fetus.

Mariam Al Beloushi, Huda Saleh, Badreldeen Ahmed, Justin C Konje

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Review in Viruses, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mariam Al BeloushiWomen's Wellness and Research Centre Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha P.O. Box 3050, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-8864-7703
Huda SalehWomen's Wellness and Research Centre Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha P.O. Box 3050, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-5435-642X
Badreldeen AhmedDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar.
Justin C KonjeFeto Maternal Centre, Al Markhiya Doha, Doha P.O. Box 34181, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-9736-6938

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses are the most common congenital infections in humans and an important cause of foetal malformations, neonatal morbidity, and mortality. The effects of these infections, which are transmitted in utero (transplacentally), during childbirth or in the puerperium depend on the timing of the infections. These vary from miscarriages (usually with infections in very early pregnancy), congenital malformations (when the infections occur during organogenesis) and morbidity (with infections occurring late in pregnancy, during childbirth or after delivery). The most common of these viruses are cytomegalovirus, hepatitis, herpes simplex type-2, parvovirus B19, rubella, varicella zoster and zika viruses. There are currently very few efficacious antiviral agents licensed for use in pregnancy. For most of these infections, therefore, prevention is mainly by vaccination (where there is a vaccine). The administration of immunoglobulins to those exposed to the virus to offer passive immunity or appropriate measures to avoid being infected would be options to minimise the infections and their consequences. In this review, we discuss some of the congenital and perinatal infections and their consequences on both the mother and fetus and their management focusing mainly on prevention.

Indexed as

Infectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancy Complications, InfectiousVirus DiseasesAntiviral AgentsFemaleFetusHumansInfant, NewbornPregnancyAntiviral Agentscongenital and perinatal infectionscytomegalovirushepatitis virusherpes simplex type-2 virusparvovirus B19 virusrubella virusvaricella and zika virusvertical transmission

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PMID39599813
PMCPMC11599085

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