Book contents
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Vaccination
- Section 2 Infections in Pregnancy
- Chapter 2 Viral Hepatitis
- Chapter 3 HIV Infection
- Chapter 4 Herpes Infections and Measles
- Chapter 5 Zika Virus
- Chapter 6 Parvovirus
- Chapter 7 Influenza
- Chapter 8 Cytomegalovirus
- Chapter 9 Dengue Fever
- Chapter 10 Rubella
- Chapter 11 Molluscum Contagiosum
- Chapter 12 Ebola
- Chapter 13 Chikungunya
- Chapter 14 Antibiotics during Pregnancy and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Chapter 15 Gonorrhoea, Syphilis and Lymphogranuloma Venereum
- Chapter 16 Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, Chancroid, Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)
- Chapter 17 Genital Chlamydia trachomatis and Bacterial Vaginosis
- Chapter 18 Streptococcal Infection
- Chapter 19 Enterococci and Bacterial Infections
- Chapter 20 Listeriosis
- Chapter 21 Urinary Tract Infection
- Chapter 22 Infections and Preterm Labour
- Chapter 23 Appendicitis in Pregnancy
- Chapter 24 Complications Associated with Legal Termination of Pregnancy
- Chapter 25 Tuberculosis
- Chapter 26 Vulvo Vaginitis, Candida (Yeast) Infection
- Chapter 27 Malaria
- Chapter 28 Parasitic Infestation: Protozoa
- Section 3 Postpartum Infections
- Index
- References
Chapter 2 - Viral Hepatitis
from Section 2 - Infections in Pregnancy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2019
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Infections in Pregnancy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Vaccination
- Section 2 Infections in Pregnancy
- Chapter 2 Viral Hepatitis
- Chapter 3 HIV Infection
- Chapter 4 Herpes Infections and Measles
- Chapter 5 Zika Virus
- Chapter 6 Parvovirus
- Chapter 7 Influenza
- Chapter 8 Cytomegalovirus
- Chapter 9 Dengue Fever
- Chapter 10 Rubella
- Chapter 11 Molluscum Contagiosum
- Chapter 12 Ebola
- Chapter 13 Chikungunya
- Chapter 14 Antibiotics during Pregnancy and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Chapter 15 Gonorrhoea, Syphilis and Lymphogranuloma Venereum
- Chapter 16 Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, Chancroid, Granuloma Inguinale (Donovanosis)
- Chapter 17 Genital Chlamydia trachomatis and Bacterial Vaginosis
- Chapter 18 Streptococcal Infection
- Chapter 19 Enterococci and Bacterial Infections
- Chapter 20 Listeriosis
- Chapter 21 Urinary Tract Infection
- Chapter 22 Infections and Preterm Labour
- Chapter 23 Appendicitis in Pregnancy
- Chapter 24 Complications Associated with Legal Termination of Pregnancy
- Chapter 25 Tuberculosis
- Chapter 26 Vulvo Vaginitis, Candida (Yeast) Infection
- Chapter 27 Malaria
- Chapter 28 Parasitic Infestation: Protozoa
- Section 3 Postpartum Infections
- Index
- References
Summary
Viruses are small, non-living parasites, which cannot replicate outside a host cell.
Viruses are grouped according to their genetic material: DNA or RNA.
DNA viruses are mostly double-stranded while RNA viruses are single-stranded.
A virus injects its genetic information into a host cell and then takes control of the cell’s machinery. This process enables the virus to make copies of its DNA or RNA and make the viral proteins inside the host cell. A virus can quickly make multiple copies of itself in one cell, release these copies to infect new host cells and make even more copies. In this way, a virus can replicate very quickly inside a host.
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- Infections in PregnancyAn Evidence-Based Approach, pp. 9 - 17Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019