학술논문

Multidisciplinary Prospective Study of Mother-to-Child Chikungunya Virus Infections on the Island of La Runion.
Document Type
Article
Source
PLoS Medicine. Mar2008, Vol. 5 Issue 3, pe60. 11p. 2 Color Photographs, 2 Black and White Photographs, 5 Charts.
Subject
*CHIKUNGUNYA
*TOGAVIRUS infections
*VIRUS disease transmission
*INFANT diseases
*NEONATAL infections
*DISEASE risk factors
Language
ISSN
1549-1277
Abstract
In a prospective study on the island of La Réunion, Marc Lecuit and colleagues find frequent transmission of Chikungunya virus by viremic mothers giving birth during an outbreak, resulting in serious infant illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]