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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever and Pregnancy

Author(s) -

Kibadi Mupapa,

Woliere Mukundu,

Mpia Ado Bwaka,

M. Kipasa,

Ann De Roo,

Kivudi Kuvula,

Kapay Kibadi,

Matondo Massamba,

Djuma Ndaberey,

Robert Colebunders,

J. J. MuyembeTamfum

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/514289

Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , abortion , curettage , obstetrics , incomplete abortion , ebola virus , ebola hemorrhagic fever , gynecology , surgery , disease , misoprostol , genetics , biology

Fifteen (14%) of 105 women with Ebola hemorrhagic fever hospitalized in the isolation unit of the Kikwit General Hospital (Democratic Republic of the Congo) were pregnant. In 10 women (66%) the pregnancy ended with an abortion. In 3 of them, a curettage was performed, and all 3 received a blood transfusion from an apparently healthy person. One woman was prematurely delivered of a stillbirth. Four pregnant women died during the third trimester of their pregnancy. All women presented with severe bleeding. Only 1 survived; she had a curettage because of an incomplete abortion after 8 months of amenorrhea. The mortality among pregnant women with Ebola hemorrhagic fever (95.5%) was slightly but not significantly higher than the overall mortality observed during the Ebola epidemic in Kikwit (77%; 245/316 infected persons).

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