In a prospective study of 148 children from urbanized southern Finland 3 were found to be congenitally and 48 perinatally infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV), while 6 developed 'late' infection during the first year of life. During pregnancy and the first year after delivery 23 of the mothers had no CMV antibodies; none of the children of these seronegative mothers developed any type of CMV inf...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is currently the most common agent of congenital infection and the leading infectious cause of brain damage and hearing loss in children. Symptomatic congenital CMV infections usually result from maternal primary infection during early pregnancy. One half of symptomatic infants have cytomegalic inclusion disease (CID), which is characterized by involvement of multiple orga...

BACKGROUND Age, gender, and perinatal infection are associated with hepatocarcinogenesis. The influence of perinatal transmission in chronic hepatitis B virus infection between genders at different ages is not well documented. METHODS A consecutive series of individuals who had general check-ups and three groups of relatives of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma were analyzed. Siblings of...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common congenital infection with the incidence varying from 1% to 3%. At birth, approximately 10% of intrauterine infected infants demonstrate clinical symptoms and signs of infection which carries a risk of morbidity and mortality. Perinatal infection occurs in the contact of an infant with secretions and excretions of the mother with active CMV infe...

PURPOSE To evaluate changes in body and internal organ weight of autopsied children in the perinatal period and their relationship with the cause of death. METHODS One hundred and fifty three cases of perinatal autopsies performed at a university hospital in Southeastern Brazil ere included. Information about cause of perinatal death, date of autopsy, gestational age, perinatal weight and org...

blueberry muffin rash is a characteristic multiple bluish skin nodules associated with perinatal infection, severe and chronic anemia, and neoplastic infiltrative diseases. we present an unusually severe case of hemolytic disease of the newborn. he required exchange transfusions for several times. the complete work up led to the diagnosis of anti-cw. the skin lesion regressed spontaneously with...

Aims And Objective:To evaluate the effect of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID19) on maternal perinatal and neonatal outcomes.The clinical characteristics outcomes in pregnancy vertical transmission potential SARS-COV-2 infection.