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Second trimester fetal death caused by varicella‐zoster virus infection
Author(s) -
Tanimura Kenji,
Kojima Nobue,
Yamazaki Takashi,
Semba Shuho,
Yokozaki Hiroshi,
Yamada Hideto
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.23531
Subject(s) - hydrops fetalis , autopsy , fetus , gestation , medicine , virology , fetal death , histopathology , varicella zoster virus , virus , obstetrics , pregnancy , pathology , biology , genetics
A 31‐year‐old woman contracted acute varicella at 13 weeks of gestation. Severe hydrops fetalis, hepatomegaly, and intrauterine fetal death were detected at 16 weeks of gestation by ultrasound examinations. An examination at autopsy, histopathology, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) provided evidence of varicella‐zoster virus (VZV) infection of the fetus. Second trimester intrauterine fetal death caused by mother to fetus infection of VZV is extremely rare. J. Med. Virol. 85:935–938, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.