A clinical case of vertical transmission of herpes types 3 and 6 from an infected mother to a newborn

Over the past 20 years, human herpes virus infections have continued to occupy leading positions in statistics. Frequent infection of newborns with several herpes viruses at once causes an atypical course of the infectious process. The development of neonatal chickenpox is associated with maternal infection with Varicella Zoster Virus in late pregnancy, which poses a serious threat to the life and health of the newborn. The carriage of the chromosomally integrated form of herpes type 6 by parents causes the transmission of the genetic material of the virus in several generations. The high probability of transmission of infectious agents from mother to newborn necessitates the development of algorithms for pregravid preparation that increase the probability of the birth of a healthy full-term child. The aim of the work was to present a clinical case of vertical transmission of herpes viruses types 3 and 6 from mother to newborn, with the implementation of a combined herpesvirus infection already in the early neonatal period. Materials and methods: an analysis of the medical records of a child who was hospitalized in a children's multidisciplinary hospital with a diagnosis of neonatal varicella was conducted; a review of modern literature, an analysis of statistical and regulatory documents using the PubMed, NIH, Scopus, scientific library eLibrary.RU, ResearchGate databases were conducted.

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