{"title":"Monkeypox virus infection in pregnancy: description of two cases reported to the Colombian National Institute of Health.","authors":"Mercado-Reyes Marcela, Daza Marcela, Rodríguez Peña Yazmín, Araque Muñoz Paula, Franco-Muñoz Carlos, Ruíz-Moreno Hector, Corchuelo Chavarro Sheryll, Portilla Velandia Claudia, Osorio Usaquén Johana, Ávila Mellizo Greace, Narvaez Díaz Nubia, Walteros Diana, Cortes Palacio Katherinne, Piñeros Daza José Ángel","doi":"10.1111/apm.13488","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Monkeypox (mpox), caused by the MPOXV (monkeypox virus), has been endemic in Africa since its first identification in 1958. However, in May 2022, the world witnessed the first global outbreak associated with the West African clade. Even though thousands of cases have been recorded, our understanding of vertical transmission during pregnancy remains restricted due to an absence of reported cases in pregnant women and a lack of adequate clinical descriptions. The cases of two pregnant women, ages 33 and 24, who tested positive for MPOXV at 31 and 13.4 weeks of gestation, respectively, are presented. In all cases, extensive clinical, histological, and molecular examinations of the mothers and neonates revealed no indication of vertical transmission.</p>","PeriodicalId":8167,"journal":{"name":"Apmis","volume":"133 1","pages":"e13488"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Apmis","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apm.13488","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"IMMUNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Monkeypox (mpox), caused by the MPOXV (monkeypox virus), has been endemic in Africa since its first identification in 1958. However, in May 2022, the world witnessed the first global outbreak associated with the West African clade. Even though thousands of cases have been recorded, our understanding of vertical transmission during pregnancy remains restricted due to an absence of reported cases in pregnant women and a lack of adequate clinical descriptions. The cases of two pregnant women, ages 33 and 24, who tested positive for MPOXV at 31 and 13.4 weeks of gestation, respectively, are presented. In all cases, extensive clinical, histological, and molecular examinations of the mothers and neonates revealed no indication of vertical transmission.
期刊介绍:
APMIS, formerly Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica, has been published since 1924 by the Scandinavian Societies for Medical Microbiology and Pathology as a non-profit-making scientific journal.