Microcephaly Caused by Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus

Delaine, Maia; Weingertner, Anne-Sophie; Nougairede, Antoine; Lepiller, Quentin; Fafi-Kremer, Samira; Favre, Romain; Charrel, Rémi

i

Microcephaly Caused by Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus

Supporting Files Public Domain

Sep 2017
By Delaine, Maia ; Weingertner, Anne-Sophie ; Nougairede, Antoine ; ...

File Language:

English

Details

Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Delaine, Maia ; Weingertner, Anne-Sophie ; Nougairede, Antoine ; Lepiller, Quentin ; Fafi-Kremer, Samira ; Favre, Romain ; Charrel, Rémi
Description:

We report congenital microencephaly caused by infection with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in the fetus of a 29-year-old pregnant women at 23 weeks' gestation. The diagnosis was made by ultrasonography and negative results for other agents and confirmed by a positive PCR result for lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in an amniotic fluid sample.
Subjects:

Abortion, Legal Female Fetus Gestational Age Humans Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus Microcephaly Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Ultrasonography
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 23(9):1548-1550.
Pubmed ID:

28820372
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5572864
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

France
Volume:

23
Issue:

9
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:6d7a1c6a3e951a920a1325e4aa1fa8fedeaaa959e75321f206368d46346f33ec
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/47977/cdc_47977_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 695.33 KB ]

File Language:

English

ON THIS PAGE

Details Supporting Files

CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.

As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.