[Tick-borne encephalitis in a pregnant patient]

Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek. 2019 Mar;25(1):16-19.
[Article in Slovak]

Abstract

There is a lack of information in the literature about the course and risk of vertical transmission of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) during pregnancy. Presented is a case report of a female patient in the 37th week of pregnancy infected by foodborne transmission. She developed meningitis with no neurological damage. Three weeks after the first symptoms, she gave birth to a healthy child who, at the age of 30 months, had a negative result of anti-TBE antibodies in both IgM and IgG classes. In the child, no signs of neurological injury or impaired psychomotor development were observed throughout the follow-up period.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne*
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne* / diagnosis
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne* / pathology
  • Encephalitis, Tick-Borne* / transmission
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis