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ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. -- Maternal infection with the Epstein-Barr virus does not appear to represent a major teratogenic risk, Meytal Avgil, M.D., reported at the annual meeting of the Teratology Society.
The herpes virus--and the cause of infectious mononucleosis--has not been well studied in pregnancy, but in a recent prospective study, the rate of major anomalies was 5% in a group of more than 200 EBV-exposed pregnancies, and 3% in a group of nearly 1,200 controls. The difference between groups was not statistically significant, and the ...