Asymptomatic maternal shedding of herpes simplex virus at the onset of labor: relationship to preterm labor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Z BrownL Corey

Abstract

To determine if fetal growth restriction and prematurity are observed with subclinical shedding of herpes simplex virus (HSV) at the onset of labor. Within 48 hours of delivery, cultures were taken from the cervix and external genitalia of 15,923 asymptomatic pregnant women without symptoms or signs of genital HSV infection; results were positive for HSV in 57. Each of these 57 women were compared with a control group composed of the three culture-negative women delivering immediately before and the three delivering immediately after each woman shedding HSV. The median birth weight for infants born to the 57 women with asymptomatic shedding was 3050 g, compared with 3360 g among the 342 women without asymptomatic shedding, a statistically significant difference (P < .002). These differences were due to very low birth weight (LBW) among the five infants of women with subclinical viral shedding secondary to recently acquired primary genital herpes; these five infants had a median gestational age of 33 weeks, compared with 37 weeks for the 14 infants of mothers with nonprimary, first-episode disease and 39 weeks for the 33 infants of women with reactivation disease, also a significant difference (P = .018). Asymptomatic genital sh...Continue Reading

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