Prolonged Maternal Shedding and Maternal-fetal Transmission of Measles Virus.

Caroline CharlierJulia DinaFrançois FreymuthAstrid VabretOlivier LortholaryDenise AntonaMarc Lecuit

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

Prolonged measles virus detection in maternal saliva and blood was evidenced in 6 pregnant women. Maternal-fetal transmission was evidenced in 2 of 4 infants who were asymptomatic at birth, 21-24 weeks after maternal infection. Whereas peripartum congenital measles is severe, asymptomatic measles virus vertical transmission can occur earlier in pregnancy.

Keyphrases

pregnancy outcomes
birth weight
pregnant women
gestational age
physical activity
early onset
body mass index
quantum dots