Tonate Virus and Fetal Abnormalities, French Guiana, 2019

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 445 - 448
• Main Authors: Lambert, Veronique, Enfissi, Antoine, Lefebvre, Mathilde, Pomar, Leo, Kedous, Sobhi, Guimiot, Fabien, Carles, Gabriel, Lavergne, Anne, Rousset, Dominique, Hcini, Najeh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.02.2022; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Alphavirus; Amniotic fluid; Antigens; arboviruses; Asymptomatic; Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Brain; Case reports; Case studies; Causes of; Central nervous system diseases; Complications and side effects; Cytomegalovirus; Dengue fever; Dispatch; Emerging diseases; Encephalitis; Epidemics; Female; fetal abnormalities; Fetal diseases; Fetuses; French Guiana; French Guiana - epidemiology; Genomes; Human health and pathology; Humans; Hypotheses; Infections; Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; Life Sciences; Medical diagnosis; Microbiology and Parasitology; Microcephaly; Molecular biology; Perinatal infection; Pregnancy; Risk factors; RNA virus infections; Rubella; Santé publique et épidémiologie; tonate virus; Tonate Virus and Fetal Abnormalities, French Guiana, 2019; vertical disease transmission; Virology; Zika virus; French Guiana; vertical disease transmission; tonate virus; viruses; French Guiana; brain diseases; Venezuelan equine encephalitis; arboviruses; pregnancy; prenatal diagnosis; meningitis/encephalitis; fetal abnormalities
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2802.210884

We report a case of vertical transmission of Tonate virus in a pregnant woman from French Guiana. The fetus showed severe necrotic and hemorrhagic lesions of the brain and spinal cord. Clinicians should be made aware of possible adverse fetal outcomes in pregnant women infected with Tonate virus.