Virus de la coriomeningitis linfocitaria: nuevo teratógeno fetal / Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus: new fetal teratogen
Salud(i)ciencia (Impresa)
; 12(4): 16-17, 2004.
Artigo
em Espanhol
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| ID: biblio-1363004
Biblioteca responsável:
AR392.1
ABSTRACT
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) is a human zoonosis caused by a rodent-borne arenavirus. It has been associated with both postnatal, as well as in-utero, infection in man. Human infection is acquired after inhalation, ingestion or direct contact with the virus found in the urine, feces and saliva of infected mice, guinea pigs, and hamsters. Congenital LCMV infection should be a diagnostic consideration for infants and children who have chorioretinitis, microcephaly or macrocephaly, hydrocephalus, intracranial calcifications, or nonimmune hydrops fetalis. The diagnosis is made serologically via commercially available immunofluorescent antibody testing. Differentiation of congenital LCMV infection from congenital toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, enterovirus, human parvovirus B19 and syphilis should be made. Further research is necessary to determine the prevalence of this infection in human and rodent populations and to prospectively delineate the spectrum of congenital infection and its consequences. The medical profession, as well as veterinarians and pet shop owners, must educate the public regarding the hazard that wild, pet and laboratory rodents pose to pregnant women.
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Zoonoses
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Teratogênicos
/
Vírus da Coriomeningite Linfocítica
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Salud(i)ciencia (Impresa)
Assunto da revista:
Ciência
/
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Pediatric Residency Program, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Arizona Health Sciences Center/US