Artigo Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

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

2005; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 24; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/01.inf.0000157220.00454.24

ISSN

1532-0987

Autores

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,

Tópico(s)

Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies

Resumo

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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