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Maternal exposure to viral and parasitic infection carries serious risk to the foetus. Although not all viral infections are transmitted to the foetus, maternal symptoms of viral infection are indistinguishable, and they should be assessed for possible congenital infection. Clinical suspicion can guide confirmatory investigations that promote early diagnosis of complications, patient counselling, and interventions, if possible. In this chapter, we will discuss congenital infections during pregnancy and how diagnosis and follow-up should be performed.
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Ateya, M.I., Hegazy, A.H., Sedik, A.S., Salah, M.A., Shazly, S.A. (2022). CHAPTER 17 Congenital infections during pregnancy. In: Shazly, S.A., Eltaweel, N. (eds) MRCOG Part 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78048-7_17
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