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Parvovirus B19 in Pregnancy
Deborah McCarter-Spaulding RNC, MS, IBCLC 1
  1 Deborah McCarter–Spaulding is a women's health practitioner and an adjunct instructor at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
 Address for correspondence: Deborah McCarter-Spaulding, RNC, MS, IBCLC, Boston College, School of Nursing, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3812. E-mail:E-mail: mccartdw@bc.edu.
Copyright 2002 Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
KEYWORDS
Erythema infectiosum • Fetal infection • Fifth disease • Nonimmune fetal hydrops • Parvovirus B19 • Perinatal infections • Pregnancy • Viral infection

ABSTRACT

Parvovirus B19 is a common, self-limiting, usually benign childhood virus that causes erythema infectiosum, also known as fifth disease. Acute infection in pregnancy can cause B19 infection in the fetus, leading to nonimmune fetal hydrops or fetal loss, depending on gestational age at the time of infection. Susceptibility to parvovirus B19 infection should be determined in selected pregnant women at high risk for exposure, and counseling should be provided regarding prevention, testing, and treatment options if exposed.


Accepted: August 2001

DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI)
10.1111/j.1552-6909.2002.tb00029.x About DOI

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