Christos Chatzakis1, Yves Ville2, George Makrydimas3, Konstantinos Dinas1, Apostolos Zavlanos1, Alexandros Sotiriadis4. 1. Faculty of Medicine, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokrateio Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece. 2. Department of Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Paris Descartes University, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France. 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. 4. Faculty of Medicine, Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Ippokrateio Hospital of Thessaloniki, Greece. Electronic address: asotir@gmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Cytomegalovirus infection is the most frequent congenital infection and a major cause of long-term neurologic morbidity. The aim of this meta-analysis was to calculate the pooled rates of vertical transmission and fetal impairments according to the timing of primary maternal infection. DATA SOURCES: From inception to January 2020, MEDLINE, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and gray literature sources were used to search for related studies. STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Cohort and observational studies reporting the timing of maternal cytomegalovirus infections and rate of vertical transmission or fetal impairments were included. The primary outcomes were vertical transmission and fetal insult, defined as either prenatal findings from the central nervous system leading to termination of pregnancy or the presence of neurologic symptoms at birth. The secondary outcomes included sensorineural hearing loss or neurodevelopmental delay at follow-up and prenatal central nervous system ultrasonography findings. STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS METHODS: The pooled rates of the outcomes of interest with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for primary maternal infection at the preconception period, periconception period, first trimester, second trimester, and third trimester. RESULTS: A total of 17 studies were included. The pooled rates of vertical transmission (10 studies, 2942 fetuses) at the preconception period, periconception period, first trimester, second trimester, and third trimester were 5.5% (95% CI, 0.1-10.8), 21.0% (95% CI, 8.4-33.6), 36.8% (95% CI, 31.9-41.6), 40.3% (95% CI, 35.5-45.1), and 66.2% (95% CI, 58.2-74.1), respectively. The pooled rates of fetal insult in case of transmission (10 studies, 796 fetuses) were 28.8% (95% CI, 2.4-55.1), 19.3% (95% CI, 12.2-26.4), 0.9% (95% CI, 0-2.4%), and 0.4% (95% CI, 0-1.5), for maternal infection at the periconception period, first trimester, second trimester, and third trimester, respectively. The pooled rates of sensorineural hearing loss for maternal infection at the first, second, and third trimester were 22.8% (95% CI, 15.4-30.2), 0.1% (95% CI, 0-0.8), and 0% (95% CI, 0-0.1), respectively. CONCLUSION: Vertical transmission after maternal primary cytomegalovirus infection increases with advancing pregnancy, starting from the preconception period. However, severe fetal impairments are rare after infection in the first trimester of pregnancy.
OBJECTIVE:Cytomegalovirus infection is the most frequent congenital infection and a major cause of long-term neurologic morbidity. The aim of this meta-analysis was to calculate the pooled rates of vertical transmission and fetal impairments according to the timing of primary maternal infection. DATA SOURCES: From inception to January 2020, MEDLINE, Scopus, Cochrane Library, and gray literature sources were used to search for related studies. STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Cohort and observational studies reporting the timing of maternal cytomegalovirus infections and rate of vertical transmission or fetal impairments were included. The primary outcomes were vertical transmission and fetal insult, defined as either prenatal findings from the central nervous system leading to termination of pregnancy or the presence of neurologic symptoms at birth. The secondary outcomes included sensorineural hearing loss or neurodevelopmental delay at follow-up and prenatal central nervous system ultrasonography findings. STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS METHODS: The pooled rates of the outcomes of interest with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for primary maternal infection at the preconception period, periconception period, first trimester, second trimester, and third trimester. RESULTS: A total of 17 studies were included. The pooled rates of vertical transmission (10 studies, 2942 fetuses) at the preconception period, periconception period, first trimester, second trimester, and third trimester were 5.5% (95% CI, 0.1-10.8), 21.0% (95% CI, 8.4-33.6), 36.8% (95% CI, 31.9-41.6), 40.3% (95% CI, 35.5-45.1), and 66.2% (95% CI, 58.2-74.1), respectively. The pooled rates of fetal insult in case of transmission (10 studies, 796 fetuses) were 28.8% (95% CI, 2.4-55.1), 19.3% (95% CI, 12.2-26.4), 0.9% (95% CI, 0-2.4%), and 0.4% (95% CI, 0-1.5), for maternal infection at the periconception period, first trimester, second trimester, and third trimester, respectively. The pooled rates of sensorineural hearing loss for maternal infection at the first, second, and third trimester were 22.8% (95% CI, 15.4-30.2), 0.1% (95% CI, 0-0.8), and 0% (95% CI, 0-0.1), respectively. CONCLUSION: Vertical transmission after maternal primary cytomegalovirus infection increases with advancing pregnancy, starting from the preconception period. However, severe fetal impairments are rare after infection in the first trimester of pregnancy.
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