Neonatal facial hyperpigmentation

Abstract

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging arboviral infection with a global distribution with various cutaneous manifestations.1 The virus can cause infections of the fetus and newborn after maternal CHIKV infections during gestation. An infection rate up to 49% in neonates born from mothers with active viraemia during labour has been observed. Perinatal infection could result in serious complications and potential cognitive impairment. Infected newborns will be either asymptomatic or present symptomatically during their first week of life, but not at the time of birth.2 3 Common symptoms can be: fever, irritability, rashes, hyperalgesia syndrome, diffuse limb oedema, bullous dermatitis and occasionally also meningoencephalitis.