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- Title
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Pregnancy.
- Authors
Howard, Michael J.; Doyle, Timothy J.; Koster, Frederick T.; Zaki, Sherif R.; Khan, ALi S.; Petersen, Eskild A.; Peters, Clarence J.; Bryan, Ralph T.
- Abstract
Summarizes the presentation, clinical course and pregnancy outcome of pregnant women with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), highlighting the available evidence regarding the possibility of vertical transmission of hantavirus from these women to their fetuses. Occurrence of maternal death and fetal losses; Lack of evidence of transplacental hantavirus transmission.
- Subjects
HANTAVIRUS diseases; PREGNANCY complications
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1999, Vol 29, Issue 6, p1538
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/313513