Potential mechanisms of intrauterine transmission of monkeypox virus
Pradip Dashraath, Marco P. Alves, David A. Schwartz, Karin Nielsen‐Saines, David Baud
Abstract
As the present outbreak continues to expand through sustained human-to-human transmission and due to a vaccine shortage, there is a strong possibility of monkeypox becoming globally endemic. The obstetric concern is the risk of vertical transmission of the monkeypox virus to the fetus. To date, at least 12 pregnant individuals with monkeypox have been identified: eight women (probably clade IIb) infected in 2022,1,2 and four women (probably clade I) infected between 2007 and 2011.3
Topics & Concepts
MonkeypoxVirologyTransmission (telecommunications)VirusBiologyMedicineVacciniaComputer scienceTelecommunicationsGeneticsRecombinant DNAGeneHerpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyParvovirus B19 Infection Studies