Pre and postnatal exposure to Chikungunya virus does not affect child neurodevelopmental outcomes at two years of age.

Pre and postnatal exposure to Chikungunya virus does not affect child neurodevelopmental outcomes at two years of age.

<h4>Background</h4>The 2005-06 chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak in La Réunion suggested that mothers could transmit CHIKV to their neonates while viremic during the intrapartum period, and more than half of the infected neonates showed impaired neurodevelopment at two years of age. How...

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Main Authors: Randall Waechter, Erinique Ingraham, Roberta Evans, Nikita Cudjoe, Amy Krystosik, Rashida Isaac, Ashlee Watts, Trevor Noël, Barbara Landon, Michelle Fernandes, Veronica Mapp-Alexander, Priyanka Suresh, George Mitchell, Calum Macpherson, Patrick Gérardin, A Desiree LaBeaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008546

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