Reactivation of Polyomavirus hominis 1 (BKV) during pregnancy and the risk of mother-to-child transmission.

Background: Pregnancy is associated with down-regulation of immune responses of the mother. This might lead to reactivation and vertical transmission of latent viral infections such as BK virus (BKV).

Objectives: To determine the presence of BKV in the urine of pregnant women and in cord blood at delivery.

[Induction of labor with misoprostol--vaginal administration].

The authors induct the labor of 88 pregnant women by Misoprostol /Cytotec/ tablette 50 mcgr accepted every four hour per vaginam. The results are the same as/or better/ than the results per os. Our results are in agreement with experimental one of R.

[A complication of amniocentesis during second trimester of pregnancy. Case report].

From January 2002 up to June 2003 year we performed 19 amniocentesis during second trimester of pregnancy, upon medical indications. There was only one complication--flow out of amniotic fluid after the amniocentesis. We adopted the conservative treatement--bed rest and antibiotics: the flow stopped 18 days after the amniocentesis and te pregnancy reached uncomplicated termin with a healthy newborn.

[The attitude of pregnant women to the possibilities for the prenatal screening and diagnosis of Down's syndrome in the 2nd trimester].

The aim of the study was to assess pregnant women's attitude and receptivity for second trimester prenatal screening and diagnostic tests for fetal Down syndrome [DS], factors that influence attitude formation, sufficiency of patients' information, advisability of introduction of these tests in routine prenatal care Interviews with 129 pregnant women were conducted after they had received written information concerning prenatal DS screening and diagnostic tests Five questions to the point of the matter as well as 14 related to the personal characteristics of the interviewed were included. Ultrasound screening rt]. accepted by 98.