Open AccessMaternal and Fetal Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Human Monkeypox Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Author(s) -
Placide Mbala,
John W. Huggins,
Therese Riu-Rovira,
Steve Ahuka,
Prime Mulembakani,
Anne W. Rimoin,
James W. Martin,
Jean-Jacques Muyembe
Publication year - 2017
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 - 10.1093/infdis/jix260
Subject(s) - monkeypox , medicine , fetus , pregnancy , obstetrics , trunk , biology , biochemistry , vaccinia , recombinant dna , ecology , genetics , gene
Human monkeypox is an endemic disease in rain-forested regions of central Democratic Republic of Congo. We report fetal outcomes for 1 of 4 pregnant women who participated in an observational study at the General Hospital of Kole (Sankuru Province), where 222 symptomatic subjects were followed between 2007 and 2011. Of the 4 pregnant women, 1 gave birth to a healthy infant, 2 had miscarriages in the first trimester, and 1 had fetal death, with the macerated stillborn showing diffuse cutaneous maculopapillary skin lesions involving the head, trunk and extremities, including palms of hands and soles of feet.
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