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- Title
Prolonged Maternal Shedding and Maternal-fetal Transmission of Measles Virus.
- Authors
Charlier, Caroline; Dina, Julia; Freymuth, François; Vabret, Astrid; Lortholary, Olivier; Antona, Denise; Lecuit, Marc
- Abstract
Prolonged measles virus detection in maternal saliva and blood was evidenced in 6 pregnant women. Maternal-fetal transmission was evidenced in 2 of 4 infants who were asymptomatic at birth, 21–24 weeks after maternal infection. Whereas peripartum congenital measles is severe, asymptomatic measles virus vertical transmission can occur earlier in pregnancy.
- Subjects
FRANCE; SALIVA microbiology; VIRAL physiology; MEASLES; COMMUNICABLE diseases; PREGNANT women; PREGNANCY complications; VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases); INFECTIOUS disease transmission; PREGNANCY
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 72, Issue 9, p1631
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciaa915