Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus discovered in Africa in 1947. Most persons with Zika virus infection are asymptomatic; symptoms when present are generally mild and include fever, maculopapular rash, arthralgia, and conjunctivitis. Since early 2015, Zika virus has spread rapidly through the Americas, with local transmission identified in 31 countries and territories as of February 29, ...

Background: Hepatitis E is considered as a common cause of high maternal morbidity and mortality particularly in third trimester also perinatal mortality. Thus, this study conducted to evaluate the feto-maternal outcome patients infected with hepatitis during pregnancy.Methods: It retrospective observational department obstetrics gynecology at L. G. hospital. Fifty pregnant women clinical pregn...

Lancefield Group B Streptococci (GBS) are common causes of infection in adults with diabetes as well as a classical cause of perinatal meningitis. The organism is classically a beta-hemolytic streptococcus. We present an unusual case of human infection by a phenotypically rare manifestation of GBS, in which a chemotherapy port exhibited bacteremia of an organism without hemolysis (so-called gam...

BACKGROUND Maternal infection is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, and ob-gyns are in a unique position to help prevent and treat infections. METHODS This paper summarizes studies completed by the Research Department of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists regarding perinatal infections that were published between 2005 and 2009. RESULTS Obstetrician-gynecologist...

Despite the continually increasing rates of adverse perinatal outcomes across the globe, the molecular mechanisms that underlie adverse perinatal outcomes are not completely understood. Clinical studies report that 10% of pregnant women will experience a urinary tract infection (UTI) and there is an association of UTIs with adverse perinatal outcomes. We introduced bacterial cystitis into succe...

Women seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) are at an increased risk for a number of adverse perinatal outcomes. Although efforts to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) remain a priority in resource-limited countries, HIV testing and treatment have led to steep declines in MTCT in well-resourced countries. Even so, HIV seropositive pregnant women in the Unit...

Introduction: Monkeypox is a viral illness caused by an enveloped double-stranded DNA virus that belongs to the genus orthopoxvirus in Poxviridae family. Until now, available data on perinatal outcomes pregnant people with monkeypox infection acquired pregnancy are still limited. Case Report: We report case of 33-year-old woman confirmed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) skin lesions. She had spo...

There are approximately 50 million chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in Africa, with a 25% mortality risk. In sub-Saharan Africa, carrier rates range from 9-20%. Many studies have suggested that HBV transmission in Africa occurs predominantly in childhood, by the horizontal rather than the perinatal route. The exact mode of transmission is uncertain but probably involves percutaneous ...