Congenital and neonatal varicella in Australia
| Autor: | Margaret A Burgess, Jill M. Forrest, S Mego |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent viruses Herpes Zoster Postal questionnaire Chickenpox Epidemiology Humans Medicine Pregnancy integumentary system business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Australia Infant Newborn Infant virus diseases medicine.disease Infectious Disease Transmission Vertical Maternal infection Recien nacido Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Viral disease business Shingles |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 36:108-113 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1754 1034-4810 |
| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00474.x |
| Popis: | Objective: To establish the incidence and severity of congenital and neonatal varicella in Australia. Methodology: Demographic and clinical details were obtained by postal questionnaire regarding cases notified to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit by over 930 participating clinicians in 1995–97 inclusive. Results: Seven cases of congenital varicella (1 : 107 000 pregnancies/year) followed maternal infection at 8–26 weeks: five had defects, two did not. Four of the seven infants with congenital varicella developed herpes zoster in the first 15 months of life. Forty-four infants had neonatal varicella (1 : 17 000 pregnancies/year). Conclusion: There is an ongoing, albeit low, incidence of congenital and neonatal varicella in Australia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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