%0 Journal Article %T Probable transmisi¨®n vertical del virus de la influenza A (H1N1): a prop¨®sito de un caso %A V¨¢squez %A Rub¨¦n D. %A Ch¨¢vez %A V¨ªctor M. %A Gamio %A Iris E. %A Mu£¿oz %A Richard I. %A Polar %A Marcos F. %A Montalvo %A Ra¨²l %A Ticona %A Eduardo %J Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud P¨²blica %D 2010 %I Instituto Nacional de Salud %R 10.1590/S1726-46342010000300022 %X we report the case of a male newborn, product of a 36 week pregnancy, with diagnosis of congenital pneumonia and with a confirmatory test for influenza a (h1n1) virus, without any other suspicious contact. the mother was admitted to the hospital with respiratory failure and the history of a flu-like episode of 5 days of evolution, during the first days of the pandemic in peru. due to the severe evolution of the respiratory process, assisted ventilation was given to her and then a cesarean section was performed due to acute fetal distress and oligoamnios. the mother was later confirmed as a case of epidemic influenza a (h1n1) and pulmonary tuberculosis. %K influenza a virus %K h1n1 subtype %K infectious disease transmission %K vertical %K obstetric labor %K premature %K pneumonia viral %K fetal distress. %U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1726-46342010000300022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en