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. 2002 Dec;187(6):1715-6.
doi: 10.1067/mob.2002.126297.

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: emerging fetal teratogen

Leslie L Barton  1 , Marilyn B Mets, Cynthia L Beauchamp
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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: emerging fetal teratogen

Leslie L Barton et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Dec.

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.

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