Remington and Klein's Infectious Diseases of the Fetus and Newborn Infant

Human Parvovirus

The parvoviruses are a family of single-stranded DNA viruses that have a wide cellular tropism and broad host range, causing infection in invertebrate species and vertebrates, from insects to mammals. Although many parvoviruses are important veterinary pathogens, there are only…

Hepatitis

Knowledge about the hepatotropic viruses has grown dramatically in the past century, with contributions from clinicians, molecular virologists, immunologists, and pharmacologists. Hepatotropic viruses (hepatitis A through G viruses and torque teno virus [TTV]) are not a common cause of neonatal…

Cytomegalovirus

Human cytomegaloviruses (HCMV) comprise a group of agents in the herpesvirus family known for their ubiquitous distribution in humans and in numerous other mammals. In vivo and in vitro infections with CMV are highly species specific and result in a characteristic cytopathology…

Chlamydia Infections

In 1911, Lindner and colleagues identified typical intracytoplasmic inclusions in infants with a nongonococcal form of ophthalmia neonatorum called inclusion conjunctivitis of the newborn (ICN) or inclusion blennorrhea, leading to the elucidation of the epidemiology of sexually transmitted chlamydial infections.…