Vertically transmitted infections: detection and clinical management. Bibliographic review

Vertical transmission infections have been a public health challenge for decades due to their impact on maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. Pregnant women are vulnerable to contracting infections affecting the fetus or newborn and generating significant complications, which have repercussio...

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Main Authors: Diana L. Montes-Murgas, Adriana González-Martínez
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Language:English
Published: Permanyer 2025-07-01
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Online Access:https://www.medicinauniversitaria.org/frame_eng.php?id=284
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description Vertical transmission infections have been a public health challenge for decades due to their impact on maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. Pregnant women are vulnerable to contracting infections affecting the fetus or newborn and generating significant complications, which have repercussions on global epidemiological trends. In the Mexican Institute of Social Security, more than 500,000 live newborns are born annually, of which between 0.01% and 0.1% may suffer perinatal exposure to human immunodeficiency virus, taking into account the prevalence of this infection in women of childbearing age. In this article, the different pathogenic groups with evidence of being potentially transmissible from mother to child are mentioned; their effects are exposed; and recommendations for their detection, treatment, and prevention are offered. The aim of this work is to summarize these pathologies so that all healthcare personnel working at different levels of care keep this group of pathogens in mind when dealing with pregnant patients or those who wish to become pregnant. This should be based on primary and secondary prevention during follow-up visits, in order to achieve a comprehensive response that includes at least a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics, an infectologist, a pediatrician, a psychologist or psychiatrist, nursing staff, and social workers.
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spelling doaj-art-45cc0ee641d24e6a9dd4e2d3caea77422025-08-20T03:31:27ZengPermanyerMedicina Universitaria1665-57962530-07092025-07-0127310.24875/RMU.24000050Vertically transmitted infections: detection and clinical management. Bibliographic reviewDiana L. Montes-Murgas0Adriana González-Martínez1Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Sierra Sur, Miahuatlán de Porfirio Díaz, Oaxaca, MéxicoDepartamento de Investigación, Salvando Latidos A.C., Guadalajara; Departamento de Investigación, Instituto Cardiovascular de Mínima Invasión (ICMI), Hospital Puerta de Hierro Andares, Guadalajara. MexicoVertical transmission infections have been a public health challenge for decades due to their impact on maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. Pregnant women are vulnerable to contracting infections affecting the fetus or newborn and generating significant complications, which have repercussions on global epidemiological trends. In the Mexican Institute of Social Security, more than 500,000 live newborns are born annually, of which between 0.01% and 0.1% may suffer perinatal exposure to human immunodeficiency virus, taking into account the prevalence of this infection in women of childbearing age. In this article, the different pathogenic groups with evidence of being potentially transmissible from mother to child are mentioned; their effects are exposed; and recommendations for their detection, treatment, and prevention are offered. The aim of this work is to summarize these pathologies so that all healthcare personnel working at different levels of care keep this group of pathogens in mind when dealing with pregnant patients or those who wish to become pregnant. This should be based on primary and secondary prevention during follow-up visits, in order to achieve a comprehensive response that includes at least a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics, an infectologist, a pediatrician, a psychologist or psychiatrist, nursing staff, and social workers. https://www.medicinauniversitaria.org/frame_eng.php?id=284Vertical infection. Mother to child. Vertical transmission.
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Vertical infection. Mother to child. Vertical transmission.
title Vertically transmitted infections: detection and clinical management. Bibliographic review
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title_short Vertically transmitted infections: detection and clinical management. Bibliographic review
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topic Vertical infection. Mother to child. Vertical transmission.
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