[The messenger syndrome].
Since mid 2005 pediatricians of the Groupe hospitalier Sud Reunion de Saint-Pierre have observed a self-imposed requirement to test for mother-to-child transmission of chikungunya. Sanitary authorities refuse to consider such testing as necessary. The risk of mother-to-child transmission was not mentioned in literature of the time.
Service de pédiatrie, Centre Hospitalier Régional de La Réunion, site Groupe hospitalier Sud Réunion, 97400 Saint-Pierre, Réunion. a.fourmaintraux@orange.fr
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