Pregnancy associated arbovirus infections

Myocarditis and cardiomyopathy after arbovirus infections (dengue and chikungunya fever).

The varying clinicalfeatures and sequelae in Io patients sufferingfrom myocarditis after dengue and chikungunya fever caused by arboviruses are described. These patients had significantly raised antibody levels in the serum and gave a recent history of 'dengue-like' fever. Afew patients had afavourable outcome with disappearance of symptoms, improvement in the electrocardiogram, and no residual...

Possible Future Monoclonal Antibody (mAb)-Based Therapy against Arbovirus Infections

More than 150 arboviruses belonging to different families are known to infect humans, causing endemic infections as well as epidemic outbreaks. Effective vaccines to limit the occurrence of some of these infections have been licensed, while for the others several new immunogens are under development mostly for their improvements concerning safety and effectiveness profiles. On the other hand, s...

Viral infections in pregnancy.

The importance of protecting pregnant women from infection as well as from possible harmful effects of various medications and other noxious agents has received increasing attention in recent years. Much of the work related to viral diseases has been directed toward (1) identifying the agents that might be associated with fetal wastage and congenital malformations; (2) determining the risk to t...

Emerging Infections in Pregnancy

As strategies to deal with emerging infectious disease threats are developed, a key component is consideration of special populations, including pregnant women. Several issues are relevant to infectious disease threats during pregnancy. First, changes in immunity and physiology during pregnancy may make pregnant women more susceptible to or more severely affected by infectious diseases. Second,...

Herpesvirus Infections in Pregnancy