TY - JOUR
T1 - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
T2 - Emerging fetal teratogen
AU - Barton, Leslie L.
AU - Mets, Marilyn B.
AU - Beauchamp, Cynthia L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by a grant from the Guild Fund of the Children's Memorial Hospital (M. B. M.) and an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Chicago, Ill.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2002/12/1
Y1 - 2002/12/1
N2 - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), a rodent-borne arenavirus, is an often undiagnosed human fetal teratogen. We describe a neonate born with hydrocephalus and chorioretinitis after maternal second-trimester symptomatic LCMV infection. Previously reported affected infants are reviewed. We strongly suggest that obstetricians counsel their pregnant patients regarding the potential hazard that contact with infected pet, laboratory, and household mice and hamsters poses to pregnant women and their unborn children.
AB - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), a rodent-borne arenavirus, is an often undiagnosed human fetal teratogen. We describe a neonate born with hydrocephalus and chorioretinitis after maternal second-trimester symptomatic LCMV infection. Previously reported affected infants are reviewed. We strongly suggest that obstetricians counsel their pregnant patients regarding the potential hazard that contact with infected pet, laboratory, and household mice and hamsters poses to pregnant women and their unborn children.
KW - Congenital infection
KW - Fetal teratogen
KW - Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
KW - Zoonosis
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U2 - 10.1067/mob.2002.126297
DO - 10.1067/mob.2002.126297
M3 - Article
C2 - 12501090
AN - SCOPUS:0036919127
SN - 0002-9378
VL - 187
SP - 1715
EP - 1716
JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 6
ER -