title: Immediate and long-range effects of maternal viral infection in pregnancy.
abstract: A brief description of the pathogenesis and immediate and long-range outcome following certain maternal viral infections in pregnancy has been presented. As evidence has accumulated from the follow-up of infants with specific congenital infections, it is clear that the consequences can be disastrous but not just for the obviously affected neonate - the normal-appearing infant at birth may have problems which appear much later. So-called "silent" congenital infections of the central nervous system may be a more frequent cause of mental retardation and specific learning disorders than we realize.
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003587:Cytomegalovirus; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005865:Gestational Age; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000151:congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D012409:Rubella / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D014125:Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / Q000150:complications; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*