Mother-to-child transmission of Chikungunya virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging arboviral infection with a global distribution and may cause fetal and neonatal infections after maternal CHIKV-infections during gestation. METHODOLOGY:We performed a systematic review to evaluate the risk for: a) mother-to-child transmission (MTC...

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Main Authors: Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Shoshana Newman-Lindsay, Camille Chow, A Desiree LaBeaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-06-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006510