Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Abstract There is little information about the congenital chikungunya virus (CHIKV) transmission. We describe two cases of well-documented congenital CHIKV infection in Salvador-Brazil, where CHIKV has been identified since 2014. The outbreak in the city led to the clinical CHIKV diagnoses of both p...
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doaj-b78dd157f30e4e8798c8a3dc0f845a222020-11-25T03:52:52ZengThieme Medical Publishers, Inc.American Journal of Perinatology Reports2157-69982157-70052016-07-010603e299e30010.1055/s-0036-1587323Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, BrazilPriscila Pinheiro Ribeiro Lyra0Gúbio Soares Campos1Igor Dórea Bandeira2Silvia Ines Sardi3Lilian Ferreira de Moura Costa4Flávia Rocha Santos5Carlos Alexandre Santos Ribeiro6Alena Maria Barreto Jardim7Ana Cecília Travassos Santiago8Patrícia Maria Ribeiro de Oliveira9Lícia Maria Oliveira Moreira10Department of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, BrazilLaboratory of Virology, Health Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, BrazilDepartment of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, BrazilLaboratory of Virology, Health Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, BrazilLaboratory of Virology, Health Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, BrazilLaboratory of Virology, Health Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, BrazilDepartment of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, BrazilDepartment of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, BrazilDepartment of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, BrazilDepartment of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, BrazilDepartment of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, BrazilAbstract There is little information about the congenital chikungunya virus (CHIKV) transmission. We describe two cases of well-documented congenital CHIKV infection in Salvador-Brazil, where CHIKV has been identified since 2014. The outbreak in the city led to the clinical CHIKV diagnoses of both pregnant women 2 days before delivery. Urine and blood samples from the mothers and newborns were collected and tested for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for Zika, dengue, and CHIKV. Both neonates and mothers had positive urine and serum PCR results for CHIKV. The newborns had significant perinatal complications and were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. The purpose of our case report is to show how severe congenital CHIKV infection can be and the importance to include CHIKV infection in the differential diagnosis of neonatal sepsis when mothers have clinical signs of the disease and live in an affected area.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1587323newbornchikungunyacongenitalinfection |
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Priscila Pinheiro Ribeiro Lyra Gúbio Soares Campos Igor Dórea Bandeira Silvia Ines Sardi Lilian Ferreira de Moura Costa Flávia Rocha Santos Carlos Alexandre Santos Ribeiro Alena Maria Barreto Jardim Ana Cecília Travassos Santiago Patrícia Maria Ribeiro de Oliveira Lícia Maria Oliveira Moreira Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil American Journal of Perinatology Reports newborn chikungunya congenital infection |
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Priscila Pinheiro Ribeiro Lyra Gúbio Soares Campos Igor Dórea Bandeira Silvia Ines Sardi Lilian Ferreira de Moura Costa Flávia Rocha Santos Carlos Alexandre Santos Ribeiro Alena Maria Barreto Jardim Ana Cecília Travassos Santiago Patrícia Maria Ribeiro de Oliveira Lícia Maria Oliveira Moreira |
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Priscila Pinheiro Ribeiro Lyra |
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Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
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Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
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Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
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Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
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Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
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congenital chikungunya virus infection after an outbreak in salvador, bahia, brazil |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. |
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American Journal of Perinatology Reports |
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2157-6998 2157-7005 |
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2016-07-01 |
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Abstract
There is little information about the congenital chikungunya virus (CHIKV) transmission. We describe two cases of well-documented congenital CHIKV infection in Salvador-Brazil, where CHIKV has been identified since 2014. The outbreak in the city led to the clinical CHIKV diagnoses of both pregnant women 2 days before delivery. Urine and blood samples from the mothers and newborns were collected and tested for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for Zika, dengue, and CHIKV. Both neonates and mothers had positive urine and serum PCR results for CHIKV. The newborns had significant perinatal complications and were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. The purpose of our case report is to show how severe congenital CHIKV infection can be and the importance to include CHIKV infection in the differential diagnosis of neonatal sepsis when mothers have clinical signs of the disease and live in an affected area. |
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newborn chikungunya congenital infection |
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