Yellow fever and pregnancy

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Yellow fever in Peru is currently wild. The infection is localized in some endemic focal points in the Peruvian jungle. Lethality is high and may be close to 50%. There is no antiviral therapy and prevention is effective by vaccination. When pregnant women are infected by the yellow fever virus they...

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Autor: Maguiña Vargas, Ciro
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2015
Institución:Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
Repositorio:Revista SPOG - Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia
Lenguaje:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.spog:article/220
Enlace del recurso:http://www.spog.org.pe/web/revista/index.php/RPGO/article/view/220
Nivel de acceso:acceso abierto
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Sumario:Yellow fever in Peru is currently wild. The infection is localized in some endemic focal points in the Peruvian jungle. Lethality is high and may be close to 50%. There is no antiviral therapy and prevention is effective by vaccination. When pregnant women are infected by the yellow fever virus they can present various complications, fetal and maternal, including death of both fetus and mother. Vaccination against yellow fever is with live virus and is contraindicated during pregnancy.
Yellow fever and pregnancy
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