ABSTRACT
Infections causing congenital abnormalities ......................... 169
Other congenital infections associated with
pregnancy loss and preterm birth ...................................... 174
Infections acquired around the time of delivery
with serious neonatal consequences .............................. 176
Perinatal infections causing long-term disease .................. 180
Infectious diseases contracted during pregnancy can have a serious impact on both the mother and the fetus. Some infections
cause congenital abnormalities in the fetus (rubella, syphilis, toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, chickenpox). Other infections can
be transmitted from mother to baby during pregnancy (parvovirus) or around the time of delivery (human immunodefi ciency
virus (HIV), hepatitis B, hepatitis C, herpes, group B streptococcus).
