Detection of measles virus by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in a placenta.
BACKGROUND
Measles virus (MV) during pregnancy is associated with maternal morbidity and mortality and can put the fetus and newborn at risk of a wide range of complications. Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for detecting MV in the placenta has not been reported.


METHODS
A case of RT-PCR detection of MV in the placenta of a 38-year-old woman who presented with premature rupture of membranes at 16 weeks' gestation is presented.
Bar-On
Shikma
S
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ochshorn
Yifat
Y
Halutz
Ora
O
Aboudy
Yair
Y
Many
Ariel
A
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008457:Measles / Q000821:virology*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010920:Placenta / Q000821:virology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000821:virology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction