Guidelines for pregnant individuals with monkeypox virus exposure

Affiliations

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National University Hospital, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
² Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, IHU - Méditerranée infection, Marseille, France; Laboratoire Eurofins Labazur Guyane, French Guiana.
⁴ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
⁵ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: david.baud@chuv.ch.

Pradip Dashraath et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 2;400(10345):21-22.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01063-7. Epub 2022 Jun 21.

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National University Hospital, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
² Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, IHU - Méditerranée infection, Marseille, France; Laboratoire Eurofins Labazur Guyane, French Guiana.
⁴ Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
⁵ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: david.baud@chuv.ch.

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Monkeypox and pregnancy: time for global surveillance and prevention strategies.
Khalil A, Samara A, Ladhani S, O'Brien P. Khalil A, et al. Lancet. 2022 Oct 8;400(10359):1193. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01793-7. Lancet. 2022. PMID: 36216001 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Monkeypox exposure during pregnancy: what does UK public health guidance advise?
Adler H, Taggart R. Adler H, et al. Lancet. 2022 Oct 29;400(10362):1509. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01794-9. Lancet. 2022. PMID: 36522201 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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