Complications of infections in pregnancy / Dushyant Maharaj -- Infection related recurrent late abortions and preterm birth : early total cervix occlusion (ETCO) versus cerclage / Erich Saling and Monika Dräger -- Virulence of influenza virus on human fetal membrane tissues / Noboru Uchide and Hiroo Toyoda -- Serological response to rubella, herpes simplex 2 and cytomegalovirus in pregnant women with unexplained recurrent abortions / Maysaa El Sayed Zaki and Ahmmed Badawy -- Appendicitis during pregnancy : a serious disease and a diagnostic problem / L. Penninga and E.I. Penninga -- Mediastinal end subcutaneous emphysema as a complication of labor / Arkadiusz Praski ... [et al.] -- Program for the prevention of infection-related premature births : the role of the lactobacilli system and vaginal pH / Erich Saling and Monika Dräger -- Challenges for the management of HIV-infected pregnant women in resource constrained settings / Stephen Mepham, Ruth Bland and Marie-Louise Newell -- Impact of materno-placental malaria, anaemia and HIV infection on perinatal outcome in Nigeria / C.J. Uneke ... [et al.] --

Toxoplasma gondii and pregnancy : priorities for diagnostics of congenital infection / Alessandra Sensini -- Screening for toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnancy in an urban area of northern Italy : management and problems / Massimo De Paschale and Pierangelo Clerici -- Rickettsioses in pregnancy / Maria Bitsori and Emmanouil Galanakis -- Infectious diseases of the urinary tract during pregnancy / Nándor Acs, Ferenc Bánhidy and Andrew E. Czeizel -- Dengue infection in pregnancy : pattern of hematological disturbance / Viroj Wiwanitkit -- Infectious diseases of the respiratory system during pregnancy / Andrew E. Czeizel, Nándor Acs and Ferenc Bánhidy -- Maternal outcomes in pregnancy with smallpox : epidemiologic investigations of case fatality, miscarriage and premature birth based on previous outbreaks / Hiroshi Nishiura -- Chicken pox infection in pregnancy / Viroj Wiwanitkit.