ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
Copyright: © 2017 by the authors. Licensee: Pirogov University.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY).
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY).
REVIEW
Features of Immunopathogenesis of Herpesvirus Infections in Pregnancy: a Literature Review
About authors
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical Faculty,
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Madina Agaeva
ul. Malakhitovaya, d. 16, Moscow, Russia, 129128; ur.liam@0961neldam
Received: 2014-10-07
Accepted: 2014-11-10
Published online: 2017-01-05
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The presented review of literature is devoted to the actual problem of the influence of herpes infection on pregnancy. The spread of herpesvirus infection is global in nature. Over 90 % of people are infected with the herpes virus. Herpes infection is characterized by a variety of clinical forms with a predominance of atypical variants of the infectious process. The greatest risk of being infected with herpes viruses is during pregnancy because it can be a cause of miscarriage, intrauterine fetal infection, congenital malformations, as well as various pathologies of pregnancy.