CONGENITAL AND NEONATAL MEASLES DURING AN EPIDEMIC IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL IN 1997

Selma Lopes Betta Ragazzi, Lourdes Rehder de Andrade Vaz-de-Lima, Paul A. Rota, William J. Bellini, Alfredo Elias Gilio, Flávio Adolfo Costa Vaz, Edison Luíz Durigon

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 2005 · 18 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

During a measles outbreak, 2 mothers with measles gave birth at University Hospital in São Paulo City, Brazil. Blood, saliva and urine were collected from the mothers and newborns. Measles virus genome and IgM antibodies against measles were detected. In 1 infant, measles virus genome persisted in peripheral blood mononuclear cells for 157 days after birth.

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