First report of human parechovirus type 3 infection in a pregnant woman

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 59; no. C; pp. 22 - 24
• Main Authors: Shinomoto, Makiko, Kawasaki, Tatsuya, Sugahara, Takuya, Nakata, Keiko, Kotani, Tomoya, Yoshitake, Hidetaka, Yuasa, Kento, Saeki, Masashi, Fujiwara, Yasuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2017; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Female; Fever; Genotype; Humans; Infectious Disease; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Muscle weakness; Myalgia; Parechovirus - genetics; Parechovirus - isolation & purification; Parechovirus type 3; Picornaviridae Infections - diagnostic imaging; Picornaviridae Infections - virology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnostic imaging; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - virology; Pulmonary/Respiratory; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sequence Analysis, DNA; parechovirus type 3; myalgia; adult; muscle weakness; pregnancy; Pregnancy; Adult; Muscle weakness; Myalgia; Parechovirus type 3
• ISSN: 1201-9712; 1878-3511
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.03.018

Highlights • This report is the first case of pregnancy with HPeV3. • In our case, human parechovirus type 3 (HPeV3) induced fever, arthralgia, myalgia, and muscle weakness. • Cesarean section was performed, and HPeV3 was negative in the placenta, umbilical cord, umbilical cord blood, amniotic fluid, and breast milk. • There was no complication in the clinical course and the patient was discharged with her baby in a stable condition.