Assessing the relationship between Viral infection with CMV, EBV, HTLV, Parvovirus B۱۹, HSV۱,۲, VZV, Rubella and the incidence of pre-eclampsia

Pre-eclampsia is one of the important reasons of morbidity and mortality in pregnant women and newborns. The cause of pre-eclampsia is not very clear but it is thought to be a multifactorial condition in which both mother and fetus factors are involved.Infections during pregnancy like Toxoplasmosis, Hepatitis B, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, HIV, HSV and VZV could cause abortion, intra uterine death or congenital anomalies. Since the previous studies performed to assess the relationship between viral infections and the incidence of pre-eclampsia have been scant and have shown inconsistent results; in this study we aim to assess the relationship between Viral infection with CMV, EBV, HTLV, Parvovirus B۱۹, HSV۱,۲, VZV, Rubella, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C and the incidence of pre-eclampsia.