Intravaginal cytomegalovirus (CMV) challenge elicits maternal viremia and results in congenital transmission in a guinea pig model

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The objective of this study was to compare intravaginal (ivg) and subcutaneous (sc) administration of the guinea pig cytomegalovirus (GPCMV) in pregnant and non-pregnant guinea pigs. These studies tested the hypotheses that ivg infec...

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Main Authors: Schleiss Mark R, Cui Xiaohong, McVoy Michael A, Choi K Yeon, Olejniczak Megan J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:Virology Journal
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/8/1/89