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AJP Rep 2016; 06(03): e299-e300
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1587323
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Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Priscila Pinheiro Ribeiro Lyra
1   Department of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, Brazil
,
Gúbio Soares Campos
2   Laboratory of Virology, Health Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
,
Igor Dórea Bandeira
1   Department of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, Brazil
,
Silvia Ines Sardi
2   Laboratory of Virology, Health Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
,
Lilian Ferreira de Moura Costa
2   Laboratory of Virology, Health Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
,
Flávia Rocha Santos
2   Laboratory of Virology, Health Science Institute, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
,
Carlos Alexandre Santos Ribeiro
1   Department of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, Brazil
,
Alena Maria Barreto Jardim
1   Department of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, Brazil
,
Ana Cecília Travassos Santiago
1   Department of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, Brazil
,
Patrícia Maria Ribeiro de Oliveira
1   Department of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, Brazil
,
Lícia Maria Oliveira Moreira
1   Department of Pediatrics, Climério de Oliveira Maternity, Federal University of Bahia School of Medicine, Bahia, Brazil
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Erratum: Congenital Chikungunya Virus Infection after an Outbreak in Salvador, Bahia, BrazilAJP Rep 2016; 06(03): e324-e324
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1593344

Abstract

There is little information about the congenital chikungunya virus (CHIKV) transmission. We describe two cases of well-documented congenital CHIKV infection in Salvador-Brazil, where CHIKV has been identified since 2014. The outbreak in the city led to the clinical CHIKV diagnoses of both pregnant women 2 days before delivery. Urine and blood samples from the mothers and newborns were collected and tested for reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for Zika, dengue, and CHIKV. Both neonates and mothers had positive urine and serum PCR results for CHIKV. The newborns had significant perinatal complications and were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. The purpose of our case report is to show how severe congenital CHIKV infection can be and the importance to include CHIKV infection in the differential diagnosis of neonatal sepsis when mothers have clinical signs of the disease and live in an affected area.

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newborn - chikungunya - congenital - infection
 

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