Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
We describe two cases of well-documented congenital CHIKV infection in Salvador-Brazil, where CHIKV has been identified since 2014. The outbreak in the city led to the clinical CHIKV diagnoses of both pregnant women 2 days before delivery. Urine and blood samples from the mothers and newborns were collected and tested for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for Zika, dengue, and CHIKV. Both neonates and mothers had positive urine and serum PCR results for CHIKV. The newborns had significant perinatal complications and were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. The purpose of our case report is to show how severe congenital CHIKV infection can be and the importance to include CHIKV infection in the differential diagnosis of neonatal sepsis when mothers have clinical signs of the disease and live in an affected area. [...] Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents | Abstract | open access Full text
Source: American Journal of Perinatology Reports - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Lyra, Priscila Pinheiro Ribeiro Campos, G úbio Soares Bandeira, Igor D órea Sardi, Silvia Ines Costa, Lilian Ferreira de Moura Santos, Fl ávia Rocha Ribeiro, Carlos Alexandre Santos Jardim, Alena Maria Barreto Santiago, Ana Cec ília Travassos de Olive Tags: Case Report Source Type: research
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