Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in pregnant females in the Primorsky Krai

Abstract

Results of the analysis of cases of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) in pregnant females recorded in the Primorsky Krai, clinical symptomatology of the disease, pregnancy outcome and neonatal state are presented. In case of mild course of HFRS a favorable outcome of the disease, which had not broken a normal course of pregnancy without consequences for the child was observed. Severe course of HFRS in pregnant females led to premature labors and subsequent death of a premature infant. Serologic examinations indirectly confirmed the absence of transplacental transmission of the virus from the mother.