A perinatal infection is an infection caused by bacteria, viruses or, in rare cases, parasites transmitted directly from the mother to an embryo, fetus or baby during pregnancy or childbirth.

Nutritional deficiencies may exacerbate the risks of perinatal infection.

Problems related to perinatal infection are not always directly noticeable.

It is possible for an unborn child to contract fetal diseases and perinatal infections.

Their importance, like that of cytomegalovirus, lies in their propensity for causing serious perinatal infection.

Untreated sexually transmitted infections are associated with congenital and perinatal infections in neonates, particularly in the areas where rates of infection remain high.

For these reasons, Rubella is included on the TORCH complex of perinatal infections.

Most APIs are infected by HBV at birth by their carrier mothers (perinatal infection).

This is from mother to child, often in utero or during childbirth (also referred to as perinatal infection).

Solvent exposure in parents and perinatal infections have a weak association with LCH, but there is no increase in cases after viral epidemics.