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ReviewEmerging infectious diseases2023

Congenital Mpox Syndrome (Clade I) in Stillborn Fetus after Placental Infection and Intrauterine Transmission, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2008.

David A Schwartz, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Kerry Patterson, John W Huggins, Phillip R Pittman

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Review in Emerging infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Three Cases of Vertical Transmission of Clade Ib Mpox Virus.The New England journal of medicine · 2025
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  20. Mpox in a Neonate: A Case Report of a 14-day-old Baby in Nigeria.Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

David A Schwartz
Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
Kerry Patterson
John W Huggins
Phillip R Pittman

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the autopsy pathology findings of a 21-week stillborn fetus with congenital mpox syndrome that occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2008. The fetus acquired mpox from the mother after intrauterine transplacental monkeypox virus transmission. We confirmed monkeypox virus infection in the mother, fetus, and placenta by using a monkeypox virus-specific quantitative PCR. Subtyping of the virus was not performed, but the mother and fetus were almost certainly infected with the clade I variant that was endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the time. Risk for intrauterine infection appears to differ between virus clades, but clinicians should be aware of potential for intrauterine monkeypox virus transmission among pregnant persons during ongoing and future mpox outbreaks.

Indexed as

Mpox, MonkeypoxDemocratic Republic of the CongoFemaleFetusHumansMonkeypox virusPlacentaPregnancyStillbirthSyndromeAfricaautopsyclade Icongenital infectioncongenital mpoxDemocratic Republic of the Congomonkeypox virusmpoxpathologyplacentapoxviruspregnancystillbirthviruses

Identifiers

PMID37705112
PMCPMC10617360
OpenAlexW4386726671

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