RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Managing varicella zoster infection in pregnancy
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 290
OP 296
VO 74
IS 4
A1 Gardella, Carolyn
A1 Brown, Zane A.
YR 2007
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/74/4/290.abstract
AB Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection can be serious for pregnant women and their babies, although it is rare. The implications of primary VZV infection vary with the gestational age at infection. For the mother, the risk of severe illness is greatest after mid-pregnancy, when she is relatively immunocompromised. For the fetus, the risk of congenital infection is greatest when maternal infection occurs in the first or second trimester. Maternal infection is preventable by preconception vaccination.