Volume 16, Number 3—March 2010
Research
Chikungunya Virus Infection during Pregnancy, Réunion, France, 2006
Xavier Fritel
, Olivier Rollot, Patrick Gérardin, Bernard-Alex Gaüzère, Jacques Bideault, Louis Lagarde, Barbara Dhuime, Eric Orvain, Fabrice Cuillier, Duksha Ramful, Sylvain Sampériz, Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee, Alain Michault, Liliane Cotte, Monique Kaminski, Alain Fourmaintraux, and the Chikungunya-Mère-Enfant Team
, Olivier Rollot, Patrick Gérardin, Bernard-Alex Gaüzère, Jacques Bideault, Louis Lagarde, Barbara Dhuime, Eric Orvain, Fabrice Cuillier, Duksha Ramful, Sylvain Sampériz, Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee, Alain Michault, Liliane Cotte, Monique Kaminski, Alain Fourmaintraux, and the Chikungunya-Mère-Enfant TeamTable 1
Chikungunya virus infections in 1,400 pregnant women, by onset or lack of symptoms, Réunion, France, 2006*
| Symptoms | No. infected | Diagnosis |
|---|---|---|
| Symptoms during pregnancy, n = 705 | ||
| Yes | 658 | Exposed |
| No | 6 | Not exposed |
| Unknown |
41 |
Excluded |
| No symptoms, n = 668 | ||
| Yes | 46 | Excluded |
| No |
622 |
Not exposed |
| Symptoms before pregnancy, n = 27 | ||
| Yes | 27 | Not exposed |
*Infection was confirmed by positive serologic or reverse transcription–PCR results. Women infected before pregnancy were considered not infected during pregnancy.
