Viral infections during pregnancy have long been considered benign conditions with a few
notable exceptions, such as herpes virus. The recent Ebola outbreak and other viral …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hearing loss caused by congenital cytomegalovirus
(cCMV) infection was first observed in 1964. Today cCMV is the most common cause of …

The rapid spread of the Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas and its potential association with
thousands of suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil and higher rates of Guillain-Barré …

Alphaherpesviruses (α-HV) are a large family of double-stranded DNA viruses which cause
many human and animal diseases. There are three human α-HVs: Herpes Simplex Viruses …

Objectives To evaluate hearing outcome, to characterize the nature of symptomatic and
asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection and associated hearing loss …

Purpose Due to the severe risk of long-term sequelae, prenatal cytomegalovirus infection is
of particular importance amongst intrauterine viral infections. This review summarizes the …

Background Zika virus has spread through the Americas and the Caribbean since early
2015 and was rapidly declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by …

The most frequently asked questions that confront the fetal medicine trainee/expert on a
daily basis are “Is the finding real or merely an artifact?” and “Is the diagnosis correct?” …

Zika virus (ZIKV) has recently emerged as a novel teratogenic agent associated with severe
neurological complications. The risk associated with maternal infection remains to be exactly …

Introduction: The prevalence of viral infections in the amniotic fluid (AF) has not yet been
ascertained. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of specific viral nucleic …