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Congenital Parvovirus Infection
D efinition — Fetal infection by the single-stranded DNA parvovirus B-19.
Clinical Features
Epidemiology
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Parvovirus infection is a common occurrence in adult life.
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Congenital parvovirus occurs when a woman who has not been exposed to parvovirus contracts the infection for the first time during her pregnancy.
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In this group of patients around 30% vertically transmit the infection to the fetus.
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Less than 5% of infected fetuses suffer significant morbidity or mortality.
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