[Cytomegalovirus, pregnancy and occupational risk]. / Cytomégalovirus, grossesse et risque professionnel.

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Female health professionals are not more likely to contract cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection than the general population. CASE REPORT Generalized congenital infection was diagnosed in a neonate. His mother was a nurse working the 2 first trimesters of her pregnancy in close-contact with AIDS patients chronically infected with CMV. CONCLUSION: Preventive measures to avoid CMV transmission among health-care professionals are controversial. The only guideline actually receiving universal agreement consists of standard hospital measures of hygiene.