Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: Emerging fetal teratogen

Leslie L. Barton; Marilyn B. Mets; Cynthia L. Beauchamp

doi:10.1067/mob.2002.126297

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: Emerging fetal teratogen

Leslie L. Barton^*, Marilyn B. Mets, Cynthia L. Beauchamp

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Ophthalmology

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1715-1716
Number of pages	2
Journal	American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Volume	187
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1067/mob.2002.126297
State	Published - Dec 1 2002

Funding

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.

Keywords

Congenital infection
Fetal teratogen
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Zoonosis

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

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