Clinical Inquiries. What Should You Tell Pregnant Women about Exposure to Parvovirus?

Creator(s)

Matthew Snyder
Rick Wallace, East Tennessee State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Description

Excerpt: Tell patients that parvovirus infections before 20 weeks' gestation confer a risk of fetal morbidity and mortality as high as 16%, but don't significantly increase long-term developmental sequelae.

Citation Information

Snyder, Matthew; and Wallace, Rick. 2011. Clinical Inquiries. What Should You Tell Pregnant Women about Exposure to Parvovirus?. The Journal of Family Practice. Vol.60(12). 765-766. https://www.mdedge.com/familymedicine/article/64561/womens-health/what-should-you-tell-pregnant-women-about-exposure ISSN: 1533-7294