Abstract

ROIG ALVAREZ, Tania. Care to the neonates exposed or infected with the varicella-zoster virus. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2020, vol.92, n.1, e843.  Epub Feb 28, 2020. ISSN 0034-7531.

The pregnant woman with varicella in the first quarter of pregnancy can transmit the infection to the fetus, in which case there is a risk of miscarriage or fetal death or permanent sequelae in the product of the gestation. The aim of this communication is to upgrade perinatologists, neonatologists and epidemiologists in the management of the neonate exposed or infected by the varicella-zoster virus in the national context. The infection by the virus in the neonatal period can be serious and fatal in extremely premature neonates, in preterm children of mothers without previous exposure to the virus and in newborns whose mothers have showned exanthem five days before delivery or up to two days after this. Varicella is preventable by vaccination and in developed countries there is a specific gammaglobulin against the varicella-zoster virus to be applied in patients exposed to this virus with high risk of presenting severe forms of the disease. In the national context, the infection by the varicella virus is frequent and active and passive immunization is not available, so it is necessary to be updated in the handling of vulnerable groups to this infection.

Keywords : perinatal varicella; congenital varicella; varicella zoster virus.

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