Potential mechanisms of intrauterine transmission of monkeypox virus

Affiliations

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National University Hospital, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
² Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of Bern, Switzerland; Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland.
³ Perinatal Pathology Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland. Electronic address: david.baud@chuv.ch.

Pradip Dashraath et al. Lancet Microbe. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;4(1):e14.

doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00260-9. Epub 2022 Sep 13.

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National University Hospital, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
² Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of Bern, Switzerland; Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Switzerland.
³ Perinatal Pathology Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵ Materno-fetal and Obstetrics Research Unit, Department Woman-Mother-Child, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland. Electronic address: david.baud@chuv.ch.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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