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[The pregnant traveller]

Caroline Charlier1, Paul-Henri Consigny2

  • 1Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, 75015 Paris, France; Institut Pasteur, centre national de référence Listeria, centre collaborateur OMS Listeria, unité de biologie des infections, Inserm U1117, 75015 Paris, France; Institut Pasteur, centre médical, consultation de pathologie infectieuse tropicale et de médecine des voyages, 209, rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris, France; Centre d'infectiologie Necker-Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.

Presse Medicale (Paris, France : 1983)
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PubMed

Pregnancy is a physiological situation that requires specific and careful preparation before travel. Malaria, dengue fever and viral hepatitis E are more severe in pregnancy and at higher risk of adverse obstetrical outcome. Medical and obstetrical contra-indications to travel should be listed during pre-travel evaluation. Vaccine indications are the same as in the general population, and must be discussed after a rigorous benefit-risk analysis. Pregnant women should avoid or delay travel in areas of high malarial chloroquino-resistance.

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