About the Authors

Patrick Gérardin

patrick.gerardin@chr-reunion.fr

Affiliations Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Régional (CHR), Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France, Centre for Clinical Investigation–Clinical Epidemiology (CIC–EC) of La Réunion (INSERM/CHR/URMLR), Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France, UMR S953, “Epidemiological Research on Perinatal Health and Women's and Children's Health” (INSERM/Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris), Paris, France

Rachid El Amrani

Affiliation Obstetric and Gynecology Unit, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Béatrice Cyrille

Affiliation Obstetric and Gynecology Unit, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Marc Gabrièle

Affiliation Obstetric and Gynecology Unit, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Philippe Guillermin

Affiliation Obstetric and Gynecology Unit, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Malik Boukerrou

Affiliation Obstetric and Gynecology Unit, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Brahim Boumahni

Affiliation Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Régional (CHR), Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Hanitra Randrianaivo

Affiliation Fetopathology Unit, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Arnaud Winer

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Jean-Fabien Rouanet

Affiliation Department of Medical Information, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Michel Bohrer

Affiliation Department of Medical Information, CHR, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France

Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee

Affiliation Microbiology, CHR, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France

Pierre-Yves Robillard

Affiliation Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Régional (CHR), Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Georges Barau

Affiliation Obstetric and Gynecology Unit, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Alain Michault

Affiliation Microbiology, CHR, Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: P Gérardin GB. Performed the experiments: HR MCJB AM. Analyzed the data: P Gérardin. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCJB AM. Wrote the paper: P Gérardin AM. Conceived and designed the study: P Gérardin GB. Collected the data: P Gérardin REA BC MG P Guillermin M Boukerrou BB HR AW MCJB PYR AM. Reviewed the data for consistency and errors: P Gérardin. Analyzed the data: P Gérardin. Drafted the paper: P Gérardin. Reviewed the final manuscript: P Gérardin. Reviewed and approved the paper: REA BC MG P Guillermin M Boukerrou BB HR AW JFR M Bohrer MCJB PYR GB AM. Performed autopsies on fetuses: HR. Provided additional data: JFR M Bohrer. Adapted the RT-PCR and serology assays: MCJB. Reviewed the data for consistency and errors: PYR AM. Helped to write the paper: AM.