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Case Reports
. 2017 Oct 17;216(7):824-828.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix260.

Maternal and Fetal Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Human Monkeypox Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Placide K Mbala  1   2 , John W Huggins  3 , Therese Riu-Rovira  4 , Steve M Ahuka  1 , Prime Mulembakani  2 , Anne W Rimoin  5 , James W Martin  6 , Jean-Jacques T Muyembe  1
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Maternal and Fetal Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Human Monkeypox Infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Placide K Mbala et al. J Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Human monkeypox is an endemic disease in rain-forested regions of central Democratic Republic of Congo. We report fetal outcomes for 1 of 4 pregnant women who participated in an observational study at the General Hospital of Kole (Sankuru Province), where 222 symptomatic subjects were followed between 2007 and 2011. Of the 4 pregnant women, 1 gave birth to a healthy infant, 2 had miscarriages in the first trimester, and 1 had fetal death, with the macerated stillborn showing diffuse cutaneous maculopapillary skin lesions involving the head, trunk and extremities, including palms of hands and soles of feet.

Keywords: Democratic Republic of Congo; Monkeypox; abortion; maternal-fetal infection; orthopoxvirus; pregnancy.

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