Varicella: clinical presentations, treatment, prevention


Kharchenko G.A., Kimirilova O.G.

Astrakhan State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Astrakhan, Russia
The current epidemic process is characterized by a rise in varicella incidence among both children and adults, which increases the risk of developing the disease in pregnant women and newborn infants. Polymerase chain reaction and enzyme immunoassay were used to confirm the etiology of varicella in a mother and his baby. There was a clear correlation between the time, at which exanthema appeared in pregnant women, and the severity and outcome of neonatal chickenpox in the newborn. The paper presents the symptomatology of varicella in pregnant women and neonatal chickenpox in relation to the time of fetal infection and to a physician’s policy to treat the mother and child, as well as existing methods to prevent this disease.
Keywords: clinical presentations, varicella (chickenpox), newborn infants, pregnant women, treatment, prevention
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For сorrespondence: Gennadij A. Kharchenko, Xarchenkoga@mail.ru


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