Dengue-Infected: Mothers unlikely to pass virus to child

LAHORE: There is very little risk of dengue virus being transmitted from an infected mother to her newly-born baby, said Prof. Rakhshanda Rehman, Fatima Jinnah Medical College principal during the daily media briefing about dengue. She added that surgery of dengue-affected pregnant women should be avoided. It should be performed in emergency cases and not without arranging for platelets and blood, Prof. Rehman said.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 22^nd, 2011.