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Report #2857983

Received Sep 10, 2025

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Overview

Sex
Female
Age
Age unknown
State
CA
Recovered
Unknown
Vaccinated
Oct 9, 2000
Onset
Oct 1, 2000
Days to onset
—
Hospital days
—

Vaccines (2)

TypeNameManufacturerDoseLotRoute / Site
MMRMEASLES + MUMPS + RUBELLA (MMR II)MERCK & CO. INC.UNK——
VARCELVARICELLA (VARIVAX)MERCK & CO. INC.UNK——

Symptoms (4)

Exposure during pregnancyFoetal heart rate abnormalSecondary transmissionStillbirth

Symptom narrative

secondary transmission; Information has been received from a 31-year-old female consumer with a history of varicella. It was noted that the woman had been pregnant and testing prior to pregnancy confirmed that she previously had varicella. She had no known allergies, no significant medical history and was not on any medications. On 09OCT2000, her sixteen-month-old son was vaccinated with varicella virus vaccine live and measles virus vaccine live (+) mumps virus vaccine live (+) rubella virus vaccine live (second generation) (MSD). At the time of her son's vaccination, she was 36.5 weeks pregnant. On 23OCT2000, her unborn baby had no heartbeat and was still born. On an unspecified date, the patient was hospitalized. Additional information is not expected. This is an amended report. (MSD) has been added after measles virus vaccine live (+) mumps virus vaccine live (+) rubella virus vaccine live (second generation) in the narrative. This is an amended report, the event of fetal death and maternal exposure were deleted.; Reported Cause(s) of Death: still born

Medical history

Medical History/Concurrent Conditions: Varicella; Comments: Gestational Age at Pregnancy Outcome : 36 Neonate Notes: Neonate 1 notes:

Lab data

Test Name: serum varicella zoster virus antibody test; Result Unstructured Data: Test Result: positive Notes: Comment: prior to pregnancy