Publications by authors named "Meredith Mathieu"

Purpose: Over the past decade, the Amazon basin has faced numerous infectious epidemics. Our comprehension of the actual extent of these infections during pregnancy remains limited. This study aimed to clarify the clinical and epidemiological features of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases during pregnancy in western French Guiana and along the Maroni River over the previous nine years.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to describe different causes and consequences of fever during pregnancy in Western French Guiana and along the Maroni River.

Study Design: A retrospective single-center study including all patients with a history of documented fever ≥ 38°C during pregnancy at the West French Guiana Hospital for 9 years. Postpartum fever and nosocomial infections were excluded.

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Objective: We aimed to describe the epidemiology of intrauterine fetal deaths in multiethnic western French Guiana and to assess its main causes and risk factors.

Study Design: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted based on data from January 2016 to December 2021. All information on stillbirth with a gestational age ≥20 weeks in the Western French Guiana Hospital Center was extracted.

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Little is known about the long-term neurological development of children diagnosed with congenital Zika infection at birth. Here, we report the imaging and clinical outcomes up to three years of life of a cohort of 129 children exposed to Zika virus in utero. Eighteen of them (14%) had a laboratory confirmed congenital Zika infection at birth.

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Article Synopsis
  • A study conducted at the West French Guiana Hospital Center analyzed 507 pregnant women to determine the rates of asymptomatic, mild, and severe COVID-19 among those infected with SARS-CoV-2 at the time of delivery.
  • Among the 137 infected women, 75.2% were asymptomatic upon admission, with some developing symptoms later. The infected group experienced significantly higher rates of post-partum complications compared to uninfected women.
  • Despite the risks of complications, none of the 108 newborns from infected mothers tested positive at birth, although some later showed positive results during follow-up.
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